A Memphis native, Dr. Hines was professor of anatomical sciences at Meharry Medical College in Nashville before moving to her present post. Dr. Hines is currently directing a special five year project to increase the number of minority physicians, nurses and other health professionals. Dr. Padma Raghavan and Susan Blackford Ostrouchov Department. of Computer Science, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Dr. Raghavan and Susan Ostrouchov work on a project organized by the Center for Research on Parallel computation at Rice University. As computer scientists, they develop algorithms that are used on large specialized computers. Their research involves an area of algebra known as large linear systems.
Some viruses enter a host cell and take it over immediately.
Other viruses enter a cell and become dormant until something turns the virus on so it can begin making more viruses. Since viruses can cause all sorts of diseases including colds, mumps, chicken pox, measles and AIDS, scientists like Dr. Howe study how different viruses reproduce. Understanding this makes it possible to interrupt the cycle and stop the infection. Dr. Nelson teaches Marine Biology and Invertebrate Zoology at ETSU and she has led students on field courses to Bermuda, the Bahamas and Australia's Barrier Reef. Recently, Dr. Nelson has studied whale sharks in the Sear of cortex and sand tilefish in Belize and the Red Sea.