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Graduates say the online certificate program is 鈥�1,000-percent worth doing.鈥�

Cathryn Benson, APRN, has worked 13 years in health care, most recently in hospital medicine and anesthesia. She wanted to learn how she could further help her patients with nutrition, but as a mom who worked 14-hour days, she never thought additional schooling would be an option.

Then she heard about an online program offering flexible scheduling and a well-rounded nutrition-related curriculum 鈥� that was also, conveniently, run on the University of Kentucky鈥檚 campus.

The best solutions begin when you listen to the people whose problems you鈥檙e trying to solve. That community-based focus 鈥� the crux of what Nancy Schoenberg, Ph.D., says is her approach as a medical anthropologist 鈥� has been a guiding value through her 25 years at the University of Kentucky. In this 鈥淩esearch Made Possible鈥� podcast, Schoenberg shares what drives her work on diabetes and cancer in rural communities across Kentucky.

Bowling Green, Ky., native Caitlyn Galloway always felt right at home in a small town, but that posed a challenge when she made plans to apply for medical school. She wanted to stay close to home, but in her third year of undergraduate studies at Western Kentucky University, there were no four-year medical schools where she grew up that would allow her to stay near her small, close-knit community.

She soon found out that was about to change.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 9, 2022) 鈥� Throughout March for Women鈥檚 History Month, the University of Kentucky is spotlighting Women Making History. These women are leading their fields of research, crossing traditional academic boundaries and impacting Kentucky鈥檚 most pressing challenges, including opioid use disorder treatment, aging and Alzheimer鈥檚, water and air filtration, environmental impacts on health and suicide prevention.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 23, 2022) 鈥� 海角禁区students Rashmi Bharadwaj, Maya Cleveland, Lillian Maxwell, Darayon Moore and Maggie Stull have been awarded Department of Behavioral Science White Coats for Black Lives Fellowships.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 22, 2022) 鈥� Match Day is always a special event for the 海角禁区. This year, the college added to the excitement by celebrating an incredible milestone in its mission of training more physicians in Kentucky, for Kentucky.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 21, 2022) 鈥� Lindsey Musick鈥檚 life is busy.

A mom of three kids, it is not surprising that sometimes the stresses of life can feel overwhelming.

And that is exactly what doctors kept telling Musick was the culprit of her digestive issues.   

For four years, the Pikeville resident, experienced abdominal cramping, on-again, off-again blood in her stool and occasional weight loss. She says her doctors generally brushed off her symptoms as stress and ordered several blood tests and x-rays to rule things out.

Match Day is always a special event for the 海角禁区. This year, the college added to the excitement by celebrating an incredible milestone in its mission of training more physicians in Kentucky, for Kentucky.

The college鈥檚 first regional campus in Bowling Green, Ky., which opened in 2018, celebrated its first Match Day on Friday, March 18. Because of the regional campus celebration, the Class of 2022 was the College of Medicine鈥檚 largest group of students recognized at this annual event.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 18, 2022) 鈥� Replenishing the body鈥檚 high-density lipoprotein (HDL) could be an effective treatment for sepsis, according to a new 海角禁区 study published in Science Signaling.

As a former college basketball player, March has always been exciting for Rachel Potter. This year, as she prepares to graduate from the 海角禁区, the month holds even more significance.

Instead of March Madness, Potter鈥檚 focus is on Match Day, an annual celebration recognizing medical students across the country as they simultaneously learn which residency program they 鈥渕atched into鈥� and will pursue.

Potter is excited to reach this pivotal career milestone, which she compares to college basketball鈥檚 Selection Sunday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 17, 2022) 颅鈥� When J.R. Bell, MD, an assistant professor of urology at the 海角禁区, describes the da Vinci SP Surgical System, you get the sense that this is the pinnacle of surgical technology. This machine, with its single arm, gives surgeons the ability to perform complex surgical procedures through a single, inch-long incision.

The motivation driving the work of Pete Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., is personal. His grandmother, Sylvia Becker, died with Alzheimer's disease, and he says his mother then grew terrified of developing the disease.

鈥淚t gives me purpose in life to attack that,鈥� Nelson said. As an experimental neuropathologist at the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, he is guided by that motivation. 鈥淚t is most every researcher鈥檚 dream to help identify and classify a disease, and then to go on and help beat it.鈥�

The Gill Awards, given each year through the generous support of the Gill Foundation of Texas, honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of cardiovascular medicine, both through research and clinical care. The awards are based on nominations and assessment by a committee of prominent cardiovascular researchers from across the nation.   

As a former college basketball player, March has always been exciting for Rachel Potter. This year, as she prepares to graduate from the 海角禁区, the month holds even more significance.

Instead of March Madness, Potter鈥檚 focus is on Match Day, an annual celebration recognizing medical students across the country as they simultaneously learn which residency program they 鈥渕atched into鈥� and will pursue.

Potter is excited to reach this pivotal career milestone, which she compares to college basketball鈥檚 Selection Sunday.

Scott Mair, MD, is a professor of orthopaedic surgery at the 海角禁区 College of Medicine. He is also one of the physicians who cares for players on the University of Kentucky men鈥檚 basketball team. In the spirit of March Madness, Dr. Mair answered questions about what a typical day as a team physician looks like, memories he has gathered over the years, and how this role impacts how he teaches residents and fellows.

Q: As team physician, what are your roles with the basketball team?

Housed in the 海角禁区 College of Medicine Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology is a new professional master鈥檚 degree program that is the only one of its kind in the state of Kentucky, and the fifth of its kind in the country.

And due to its unique educational experience and strong curriculum, this new program is seeing a jump in its number of students.

LEXINGTON, Ky (March 11, 2022) 鈥� COVID-19 brought to the forefront the challenges of mental health around the world. During the Feb. 26, 2022 Global Mental Health Hack-A-Thon, University of Kentucky students and the Kentucky community proposed solutions to this global health challenge.

EXINGTON, Ky. (March 11, 2022) 鈥� A small black lump, about an inch or so in width, rests颅 on the bottom of a sealed plastic container. It doesn鈥檛 look like much 颅颅鈥� in fact, it doesn鈥檛 look like anything. But this little black lump has untold potential, full of secrets for the researchers at Kentucky Research Alliance for Lung Disease (K-RALD) to discover about the pandemic that has ravaged the world for more than two years.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 10, 2022) 鈥� The University of Kentucky鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has been around for nearly half a century. In that time, they have built an international reputation for best-in-class research into a disease that kills more people every year than breast and prostate cancer combined 鈥� Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. There are several components to the ongoing research at Sanders-Brown, one is exploring ways to detect Alzheimer鈥檚 earlier in a person鈥檚 life.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 10, 2022) - University of Kentucky Women鈥檚 Basketball Coach Kyra Elzy is passionate about Alzheimer鈥檚 disease research because of her close relationships with her grandmother, Mary Elzy, and her college basketball coach.

As a four-year letter winner at Tennessee, Elzy was a member of two national championship teams in 1997 and 1998 and a national runner-up squad in 2000, all under the legendary Pat Summitt. Her beloved coach died in 2016 at the age of 64 following a battle with Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.