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The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) is honoring the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Vice President for Research for her foundational contributions to our understanding of the renin-angiotensin system that has broad implications for hypertension and cardiovascu
March is designated as Women鈥檚 History Month. To celebrate, we are highlighting women who have made history here at the College of Medicine. Their contributions are diverse, spanning significant research breakthroughs to exemplary patient care and education.
海角禁区 Innovate will host its second annual Kentucky Innovator Challenge (KIC) on April 11, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET, in Ballrooms 212 A&B within Gatton Student Center.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced a new R01 research grant of $2.6 million over five years. The grant was awarded to Dr. Dongfang Wang and the Wang Lab at the University of Kentucky Department of Surgery.
Cheavar Blair, PhD, completed his doctorate in physiology at the 海角禁区 in 2017. In 2022, he was recruited back to the department as an assistant professor in the research title series.
We are pleased to announce that CHET is partnering with the mHealth Application Modernization and Mobilization Alliance (MAMMA) to fund two $25,000 grants focused on mHealth projects that help to improve health equity.
The College of Medicine Office of Research recently launched phase one of its new initiative to elevate clinical research efforts across the College of Medicine, Markey Cancer Center (MCC), and the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS).
In just over a year, the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (海角禁区 CERH) has helped provide more than $1.3 million in loan relief for health care workers.
Katherine E. Hartmann, MD, PhD, has been named director of the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS). She will assume the role on Feb. 15, 2024.
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center recently held a research symposium to honor the remarkable career of Daret St. Clair, PhD, who is retiring after 32 years of dedicated service.
The University of Kentucky is well-represented on a list of the most-cited researchers in the world. In a database compiled by Stanford University in a partnership with Elsevier, 140 current 海角禁区 scientists and scholars appear among the top 2% of the most-cited researchers across 22 disciplines.
One University of Kentucky researcher has helped solve a 60-year-old mystery about one of the body鈥檚 most vital organs: The heart.
A ceremonial groundbreaking was held Friday for the largest academic building in the history of the University of Kentucky.
The following individuals were honored at the 海角禁区 Awards Convocation on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Winners included those in Bowling Green, Lexington, Morehead, and Northern Kentucky.
Biomedical EducationOutstanding Graduate Student Award:
Jamila Tucker, MS
Philip Kern, MD, professor of medicine, has served nearly 50 years providing exceptional education and clinical care and conducting groundbreaking research, with 14 of those years dedicated to advancing the mission of the University of Kentucky.
University of Kentucky Human Resources Elder Care, in partnership with the 海角禁区 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is hosting several events for Dementia Caregivers Week, Nov. 7-10. The theme for the week is "Embracing the Dementia Caregivers Journey."
Sydney Howard, data analyst at the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (海角禁区 CERH), will speak in Washington, D.C., as an invited panelist at 鈥淎dvancing Rural Health Equity through Partnerships, Data, and Finance,鈥 a hybrid event hosted by the Urban Institute and Partners for Rural Transformation, scheduled for 2-5 p.m., Oct. 18.
A group from the University of Kentucky recently returned from several days in San Diego at a global symposium where they educated attendees from 48 different countries about the field of neurogastronomy. Neurogastronomy is a somewhat new study that unites the science and culinary worlds by examining the human brain and behaviors that influence how we experience eating and drinking.
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center鈥檚 Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION) program has received $2 million in renewed funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) that will