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A new division has been established in the 海角禁区 College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology to improve the coordination of care in labor and delivery.

Assistant professor Andrea Tucker, MD, collaborated with department chair Wendy Hansen, MD, knowing that laborist services would be crucial for ensuring safe, quality care for patients and enhanced mentorship for future physicians.

Dr. Tucker spearheaded efforts to create a laborist division, which was officially established in July 2021.

Kent Lewis, MDiv, plays a vital role at the 海角禁区 College of Medicine-Bowling Green Campus as the student affairs officer, helping ensure holistic student success from matriculation to graduation. As a staff member who has been with the Bowling Green Campus since its beginning, he shares how the campus and its students have made an impact.

Q: How has the Bowling Green Campus changed since it started four years ago?

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 8, 2022) 鈥� Every year, the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) recognizes the efforts and voices of 海角禁区 students, trainees and faculty members who are addressing health inequities.

Bowling Green 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.

April Hatcher, PhD, associate professor of neuroscience, will complete her term as chair of Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) at the end of June. She shares what she enjoys most about being part of a 鈥渄ynamic organization,鈥� as well as what her team has accomplished during those two years.

Q: Why do you enjoy being part of WIMS?

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 31, 2022) 鈥� Tumor biopsies are currently the most common tool for diagnosing lung cancer.

However, according to a new paper published by the University of Kentucky and Manipal Academy of Higher Education, there is evidence that liquid biopsies 鈥� obtained from a blood sample 鈥� have the potential to replace tumor biopsies that require patients to undergo a surgical procedure.

Laura Hornback is a fourth-year medical student who just went through Match Day and is preparing to graduate this spring. She discusses her future plans in the following Q&A.

What do you hope to accomplish with your education at the College of Medicine?

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 29, 2022) 鈥� The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Foundation received a $1 million gift to create the world鈥檚 first distinguished professorship in neuroendocrine tumor (NET) research.

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�