Robert DiPaola, dean of the 海角禁区, was featured during "海角禁区 at the Half" that aired during the 海角禁区 at Florida football game, broadcast on radio Sept. 10.
DiPaola, who came to 海角禁区 March 1, talks about his impressions of the college and the university, including the collaborative nature, strong leadership and strength of faculty.
Individuals who inject drugs are at risk of endocarditis, a bacterial infection that enters the bloodstream and clusters on the valves of the heart. The infection requires prolonged antibiotic treatment and, in some cases, surgery. Without intervention, the infection can be fatal.
In the past 10 years, the number of patients presenting to U.S. hospitals with endocarditis has doubled with the proliferation of prescription opioid and heroin addiction.
A new partnership with Georgetown College Athletics will provide sports teams at Georgetown College with team physicians from the University of Kentucky Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine.
The team physician鈥檚 first responsibility is the health and safety of each athlete they work with. They assess each athlete for previous injuries and review athlete鈥檚 medical histories for medications, hospitalizations surgeries and other information.
The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC) has been awarded an $8.25 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue and further research and clinical initiatives geared toward treating Alzheimer's disease.
Currently, only 30 designated Alzheimer's Disease Centers exist in the U.S.
The University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital is one of the nation鈥檚 鈥100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs鈥 in Becker鈥檚 Hospital Review magazine's recently released compilation of leading cancer care providers in the United States. The 海角禁区 Markey Cancer Center, whose clinical programs are integrated with 海角禁区 Chandler Hospital, received a National Cancer Institute cancer center designation in July 2013.
On the first of May, 2015, Angelique Bell waited in a hair salon, reading the weekend section of the newspaper. She noticed an ad for a health research study that needed participants who had risk factors for diabetes. Since she met the criteria and had some time to pass, she decided to call about the study right then, from the salon chair. It was her 45th birthday.
"I don't have diabetes, but I have a strong family history of diabetes and some of the risk factors, and I thought that the information from this study could be something that could benefit me in the future," said Bell.
A natural instinct for parents is to protect their children by keeping them healthy and safe; but what do you do as a parent when not just one, but both your children are diagnosed with a chronic illness like diabetes, as well as your spouse, and all within a relatively short amount of time?
After shaking one young family to their very core, they picked themselves up and took the reins, and now meet the challenge head on, every day, and literally around the clock, with the help of the University of Kentucky's Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Center.
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his year鈥檚 Southern Orthopaedic Association meeting brought a lot of the Big Blue Nation to gator country. The annual meeting gives orthopaedic and sports medicine doctors the opportunity to meet and learn about advancements in the field. The meeting took place July 27-30 in Naples, Florida.
Dr. Darren Johnson, chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, is currently serving as the president of the association, the first orthopaedic surgeon from Kentucky to be elected to the position. 鈥淚t鈥檚 exciting for our state, its nice to be recognized, said Johnson. Dr.
As Southeastern Kentucky works to address well-documented and long-standing regional disparities in health and well-being, scientists from the University of Kentucky and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) came together with community leaders and research partners recently for the Appalachian Health and Well-Being Forum, which highlighted innovative health promotion and disease prevention programs and activities in the region.
Held at the Letcher County 海角禁区 Cooperative Extension Office, the forum provided an opportunity for residents and investigators interested in
Frankfort Regional Medical Center has become the newest member of the Norton Healthcare/海角禁区 HealthCare Stroke Care Network, a community-based stroke initiative providing the highest quality clinical and educational programs to hospital staff and the community.
As part of the Norton Healthcare/海角禁区 HealthCare Stroke Care Network, Frankfort Regional Medical Center will participate in the sharing of best practices and outcomes data to promote continuous quality improvement in stroke care. Additionally, two neurologists from 海角禁区 HealthCare 鈥 Dr. Danny Rose and Dr.
海角禁区 Professor Matthew Gentry will direct a team international scientists recently awarded a five-year, $8.5 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to pursue a cure for Lafora鈥檚 disease.
The International Epilepsy Cure Center based at the 海角禁区 College of Medicine鈥檚 Department of Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry represents a collaborative effort to advance translational research and improve the diagnosis and treatment of Lafora鈥檚 disease, with the ultimate goal of finding a cure.
White coat ceremonies are held at medical schools across the country and are always meaningful for faculty and staff. New medical students begin their commitment to educating and caring for their fellow citizens. For Dr. Donna Grigsby, chief of the Division of General Academic Pediatrics, this year鈥檚 ceremony will be especially meaninfgul. Dr. Grigsby鈥檚 son, Charlie Grigsby, will be one of the students on stage receiving a white coat.
It鈥檚 not uncommon for medical students to have parents in the medical profession.
Even with the assistance of detoxification and rehabilitation programs, 80 percent of people attempting recovery from opioid addiction will relapse.
The firm grip of opioid addiction on a person鈥檚 life necessitates sustainable therapeutic approaches proven effective through scientific trials and evidence.
Dr. William Stoops, associate professor in the 海角禁区, has been appointed editor of Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, a journal published by the American Psychological Association. Stoops will serve in this role from 2018 to 2023. Beginning in 2017, he will serve as incoming editor, overlapping with outgoing editor Dr. Suzette Evans.
Stoops received his Ph.D. in experimental psychology at the University of Kentucky and completed his postdoctoral work at 海角禁区 in the Department of Behavioral Science.
In ivory towers all over the world, experts ponder the factors that foster career success and overall well-being in their college graduates.
Gallup tried to answer the same question. In a 2014 poll of more than 30,000 graduates, the polling juggernaut tried to find connections between the college experience and long-term career and personal "wellness." In other words: did graduates feel they had achieved personal and career success?
In a commentary published in the July 22 issue of Science, Nathan Vanderford, assistant director for research at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, describes his path to landing a nontraditional faculty position at 海角禁区. Science is one of the world鈥檚 most prestigious research journals.
Many new doctorate recipients are unaware of their nontraditional career options and of the challenges they may face when pursuing them. Vanderford, who applied for dozens of non-research jobs after earning his doctorate, knows this all too well.
In Kentucky, substance use by adolescents, rates of tobacco use, binge drinking and use of other drugs are higher than the national average. More concerning is that early use of these substances can quickly lead to dependence and be an indicator of lifelong use. A unique University of Kentucky program is working to help adolescents during health and recovery from substance abuse by connecting them with someone who has been in their shoes.
Dr. Mark Williams, director of the Center for Health Services Research and chief in the Division of Hospital Medicine at 海角禁区 HealthCare, has been selected to be part of an expert panel for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services鈥 Strategic Innovation Engine. Williams will begin participating on the panel mid-July. The Strategic Innovation Engine, the latest addition to CMS鈥 Quality Improvement Organization efforts, is working to identify, evaluate and spread high impact, high value quality improvement practices.
The first time Dr. Matthew Bush observed a cochlear implant surgery, he was a young medical student from West Virginia visiting the University of Kentucky. He describes that experience as eye opening for him and ear opening for the patient.
To witness function restored to an ear that was otherwise lost, sparked not only an intense interest in hearing health care, but also the desire to offer people with profound hearing loss their best hope of re-entering a hearing world and a better quality of life through cochlear implantation.
