The University of Kentucky's is a homegrown leadership development program. Its mission is to encourage faculty to consider leadership career paths, and to guide new and prospective chairs and academic directors in developing the skills that are requisites for effective institutional leadership. Five College of Medicine faculty were chosen to participate in the 2025-2026 program:
- Emily DeFranco, DO, professor and chair of obstetrics and gynecology
- John Gensel, PhD, professor of physiology and director of the 海角禁区 Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center
- Carrie Oser, PhD, professor and vice chair of behavioral science
- Driss Raissi, MD, professor of radiology, division chief of vascular and interventional radiology
- Noah Weisleder, PhD, professor and chair of molecular and cellular biochemistry