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Tenure and Tenure-Track Faculty<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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\"Dacheng<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dacheng Ren<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Zeanah Professor and Department Head<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dren3@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Headshot<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Elizabeth Barker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Assistant Professor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ebarker1@vols.utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Colleen<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Colleen Crouch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Assistant Professor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

acrouch5@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Dustin<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dustin Crouch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dcrouch3@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Bryan<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bryan Good<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Assistant Professor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

bgood6@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jackie<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jackie Johnson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Professor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

jjohnson@utsi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Richard<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rick Komistek<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Fred M. Roddy Professor & Co-Director of Center for Musculoskeletal Research<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

rkomiste@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Headshot<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jeff Reinbolt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Associate Professor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


reinbolt@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Headshot<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jindong Tan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Professor and Associate Department Head<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

tan@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Teaching and Research Faculty<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Sara Hanrahan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Teaching Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Director<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

shanrahan@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Michael LaCour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Research Assistant Professor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

mlacour@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Adjunct Faculty<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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\"xiaopeng<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Xiaopeng Zhao<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Adjunct Professor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

xzhao7@olemiss.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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