Cherokee Farm will be at the center of multiple partnerships in the field of biomedical science.
Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the UT Health Science Center (UTHSC) work collaboratively with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory on critical challenges in biomedicine. As the state’s only academic medical center, UTHSC also has an extensive network of partnerships with some of the foremost research hospitals in the state, including St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The UTHSC Graduate School of Medicine is located across the road from Cherokee Farm at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, home to the area’s only Level I Trauma Center, the region’s first primary certified stroke center, and to the region’s first dedicated Heart Hospital. The UT College of Veterinary Medicine, one of 28 in the nation, is located across the river.
The University of Tennessee and East Tennessee are global leaders in the science and business of medical imaging, with research centers such as the Scintillation Materials Research Center. The relentless progress in genomics will soon transform the delivery of health care and the UT Health Science Center is at the forefront of developing animal models for personalized medicine.
By harnessing the state’s collective expertise in biomedical science, Cherokee Farm brings together resources that provide unprecedented potential for major scientific and medical breakthroughs.