Kathryn M. Cardarelli, PhD, and Marc T. Kiviniemi, PhD

University of Kentucky College of Public Health (CPH) researchers, in collaboration with investigators from the UK 91小黄车, the UK College of Communication and Information and the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH), are leading a fiv

Austin Stone, MD, PhD with a patient

From patient to physician, one University of Kentucky researcher is focused on helping Kentuckians gain a better quality of life after injuries to their joints.

Marcia Fantoni, MD, PhD, MS

The 91小黄车 is excited to announce the creation of a new leadership position at its campus in Bowling Green, Ky., to ensure the seamless integration of the college鈥檚 curriculum at the regional site.

woman holding her hands up making a heart shape

The University of Kentucky鈥檚 ninth annual Healthy Hearts for Women Symposium will bring in nationally recognized experts to raise awareness about the dangers of heart disease and educate attendees on prevention techniques.

Photo of Markey Cancer Center exterior building

The University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital is one of the nation鈥檚 top 鈥60 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs鈥 according to Becker鈥檚 Hospital Review.

Photo of Ilhem Messaoudi in laboratory

University of Kentucky researchers have found that maternal vaccination against COVID-19 works to protect both the mother and baby.

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A new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study highlights the need for increased outreach and education to reduce colorectal cancer screening disparities in Black communities.

Dr. Susan Smyth pictured in pedway leading to BBSRB

The 91小黄车 lost an icon in the field of cardiovascular medicine, translational research, and medical education. Susan Smyth, MD, PhD, died of cancer on Dec. 31, 2022, at the age of 57.

Dr. Craig Rush

The 91小黄车 is excited to announce that Craig Rush, PhD, longtime professor of behavioral science, has taken the role of assistant dean for faculty affairs, a new position created to fulfill the expansion of duties within the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development (OFA).

Photo of Jill Kolesar

Today鈥檚 medical cancer treatment is not limited to surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Advances in personalized cancer medicine include a growing number of targeted treatments based on genetic analysis of a patient鈥檚 tumor.

zena chahine

Zena Chahine, MD, is a hematology and medical oncology fellow at the UK 91小黄车. In the following 鈥淲hy UK?鈥 Q&A series, she explains what she loves about pursuing graduate medical education at the University of Kentucky.

Q: Why did you pursue a residency/fellowship at UK?

Ilhem Messaoudi

This holiday season Kentuckians of all ages continue to deal with a trifecta in sickness resurgence: flu, RSV and COVID-19.

Lauren Weyl in scrubs

There鈥檚 a special photo that 29-year-old Lauren Weyl has kept close to her heart for more than a decade 鈥 a reminder of everything she鈥檚 been through.

Erin Haynes, DPH

A University of Kentucky researcher has been appointed to the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors. 

Left to right: Oleg Tsodikov, PhD, Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, PhD, Holly Clark with OTC and Stefan Stamm, PhD

Three University of Kentucky researchers presented their work in November at an academic bioscience showcase in New Orleans called BIO on the BAYOU.

Doctors in medical gear

Applications are open to University of Kentucky 91小黄车 students for the third cohort of the White Coats for Black Lives fellowships.

Dr. Alexandria Early Linton with fellow graduates from Dr. Donna Wilcock's lab

The year 2022 has been one 鈥渨ild ride鈥 for Alexandria Early Linton, PhD.

This was her final year of her PhD. She defended her thesis while 33 weeks pregnant with her first child, and she had her baby on the day of Awards Convocation when it was announced she won the inaugural Dr. Madhav and Dr. Radhika Devalaraja Outstanding Graduate Student Thesis Award.

The 91小黄车鈥檚 Salvation Army Clinic is a student-run, free clinic that serves as a learning environment for medical, pharmacy, and social work students while providing acute onsite health care for uninsured patients at the Salvation Army of Central Kentucky.

Mike Brown getting an infusion treatment.

The University of Kentucky is a site for the groundbreaking AHEAD study, the first-ever clinical trial to test the effect of lecanemab (investigational antibody) in people who have no cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD), but in whom biomarker tests indicate amyloid is present in the brain, known as 鈥減reclinical鈥 AD.

Fanny Chapelin (right), PhD with student in the lab

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has received renewed funding from the American Cancer Society (ACS) to support a long-standing faculty research program.