Research & Innovation

ETSU researchers used funeral and obituary data to identify more than 300 excess deaths in Washington County, TN, in 2020. Over half were related to COVID-19.

Tennesseans value the importance of higher education, according to the 2024 Tennessee Poll conducted by the ASRL at ETSU.

An ETSU researcher is developing a cutting-edge dashboard using generative artificial intelligence to assist in monitoring flooding in Central Appalachia.

At its 2024 Celebration of Research, ETSU introduced five new awards to honor faculty and staff who have made outstanding contributions to advancing research.

Dr. Eric Beaumont of ETSU's Quillen College of Medicine received a $2.7M NIH grant to study vagus nerve stimulation as a potential heart failure treatment.

ETSU's Dr. Ted Olson co-produced a three-CD set celebrating the life and music of influential American singer-songwriter Steve Young.

Michael Meit of ETSU's College of Public Health co-authored a report, "Appalachian Diseases of Despair," with Megan Heffernan of NORC.

ETSU's Center for Rural Health and Research's 4th annual report highlights continued growth, including grant funding and new research initiatives.

Quillen College of Medicine researchers Chuanfu Li and Xiaohui Wang received $5.17M from NIH and others to study sepsis.

Dr. Cuihong Jia, ETSU associate professor of biomedical sciences, earned the 2024 Distinguished Faculty Award in Research.

ETSU received a HRSA Rural Health Research Center grant, providing 4 more years of funding for the ETSU/NORC Rural Health Research Center.

ETSU alumni Adrian Meronk, Poland, & Sander Gille, Belgium, will represent their countries in the Olympics. Meg Stone discusses the Olympic experience.

Dr. Audrey Depelteau, director of the ETSU Innovation Lab, attends the 2024 SelectUSA Investment Summit, which promotes foreign direct investment in the U.S.

ETSU's Dr. Aruna Kilaru, Biological Sciences, is among the American Society of Plant Biologists' top 25 inspiring women in plant biology.

ETSU's Center for Rural Health Research leads an effort to address health care workforce challenges, foster economic development, and more.

ETSU's Archives of Appalachia curated an online exhibit of the published writings of the school's first president, Sidney Gilbreath.

The 2024 field season is underway at the Gray Fossil Site, where ETSU faculty, staff, students and volunteers discover and preserve fossils on-site and in labs.

With the expansion of AI, ETSU turned to experts to learn how it impacts higher education, marketing, academic honesty, student training, and information.

The ETSU Research Corporation and partners announce a community-led music initiative to better understand the Northeast Tennessee music ecosystem.

The Carnegie Corporation named BlueSky Tennessee Institute as one of 10 winners of an initiative to support outstanding local educational partnerships.

The East Tennessee State University Research Corporation has launched StoryCollab, an innovative platform for storytelling.

East Tennessee State University, Ballad Health and Frontier Health recently were awarded millions in funding for addiction treatment.

ETSU’s Dr. Alison Bible explains how “eustress,” or positive stress, can be a powerful motivator for students.

A better future for our region’s most vulnerable population is the motivating driver for Dr. Marty Olsen.

Drs. Julia Atiles, Stacey J. Fisher and Colin Glennon will be featured in the third installment of ETSU’s Great Lecture Series.

ETSU’s economic report offers essential insights into the labor force, housing market and more in the Appalachian Highlands.

ETSU experts shed light on extreme weather in the region, especially what it will mean for the people of Appalachia.

ETSU Health brings a new Storybook Trail to their campus in Johnson City.

ETSU recieved over 70 million dollars in research and sponsored funding in 2023 for several progtams all across campus.

Students from ETSU and a dozen other schools came together for the Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative to share their research