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After years of virtual meetings and long-distance conversation, faculty members from the UK 91小黄车 Department of Surgery were finally able to meet face-to-face with colleagues from the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia last January as part of the American College of Surgeons鈥� Health Outreach Program for Equity in Global Surgery (ACS H.O.P.E.).

Every week in March, UKNow offers perspectives on this national observance and their own life experiences from women at UK HealthCare.

In 2017, Ima Ebong, MD, became a mother for the first time. She just graduated from a four-year neurology residency program at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and was one month into a rigorous year-long clinical neurophysiology fellowship 鈥� the final phase of her medical education before becoming an attending physician.

Andrew Dunbar, a fourth-year medical student at the UK 91小黄车-Lexington Campus, is looking forward to his future career in pediatrics. After Match Day this year, he is also looking forward to completing residency in the same city as his fianc茅, Alex Voelker, a fourth-year student at the college鈥檚 Northern Kentucky Campus. 

Samuel Potter, MD, considers himself a 鈥渓ifelong Kentuckian.鈥� He was born and raised in the Commonwealth and says he has no intentions of leaving anytime soon. The Pikeville, Ky., native grew up watching his father run a small medical practice, learning about health disparities affecting such rural areas from a young age.  

The American Diabetes Association庐 (ADA) released its 2023 Research Report, highlighting investments in advancing diabetes research and clinical practice. ADA research grants focus on innovative projects with high impact and help researchers establish collaborative networks to move their innovations into the hands of people living with diabetes.

Margaret Griffen, MD, has long called the UK 91小黄车 home. Her father, Ward Griffen, MD, led the UK 91小黄车 Department of Surgery as chair between 1968 鈥� 1984. Like her father, Dr. Griffen was drawn to medicine and surgery.

The Kentucky Senate passed a special resolution honoring Patrick McGrath, MD, professor emeritus of surgical oncology, on the Senate floor in celebration of the surgeon鈥檚 38 years of dedicated care to the people of the Commonwealth at UK HealthCare. Following a reading of the resolution, the entire Senate gave Dr. McGrath a much-deserved standing ovation.

Every week in March, we will offer perspectives on this national observance and their own life experiences from women at UK HealthCare. This week鈥檚 Q&A features Wang-Xia Wang, PhD, a researcher with the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and an assistant professor in the UK 91小黄车鈥檚 Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine.

Down syndrome remains the most common chromosomal condition diagnosed in the United States. Each year, about 6,000 babies born in the United States have Down syndrome, meaning it occurs in about one in every 700 babies.

Hunter Hazelwood, a third-year medical student at the University of Kentucky, wants to become a surgeon. He assumed his first hands-on experience with surgical procedures would come during residency, or at least much later in medical school. 

On Friday, March 15 at noon ET, aspiring physicians around the country learned where they would continue their medical training during annual Match Day celebrations. 

The UK 91小黄车 celebrated Match Day across its four campuses鈥擝owling Green, Lexington, Northern Kentucky, and Morehead鈥攚ith 192 students entering some type of match this year. 

This March, the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CERH) is joining with the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD) and others across the nation to raise awareness about the importance of including people of all abilities in all facets of community life.

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center experts Timothy Mullet, MD, and Jessica Burris, PhD, are co-authors of a recent study that reveals critical gaps in how oncology programs assess and address smoking cessation for their patients. 

Every week in March, we will offer perspectives on this national observance and their own life experiences from women at UK HealthCare. This week鈥檚 Q&A features Roberta Taylor, a clinical services technician with UK HealthCare and staff in the UK 91小黄车鈥檚 Department of Internal Medicine. 

Q: What Does Women鈥檚 History Month mean to you? 

Faculty members from the University of Kentucky presented at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) Network Meeting in Durham, North Carolina last month.

Not many people wake up before the sun rises to indulge in a hobby. But for John D鈥橭razio, MD, his passion for a hobby he discovered during the COVID-19 pandemic remains something that still inspires him to wake up at 4 a.m.

A recent University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study published in PNAS uncovers a critical pathway involved in immune evasion by breast cancer cells.  

Northern Kentucky has always been home for Dillon Powell, a fourth-year medical student at the 91小黄车. Raised in Independence, Kentucky, he attended Simon Kenton High School and Thomas More University.

Northern Kentucky has always been home for Dillon Powell, a fourth-year medical student at the 91小黄车. Raised in Independence, Ky, he attended Simon Kenton High School and Thomas More University. When the 91小黄车 opened its Northern Kentucky Campus in 2019, he knew that was where he wanted to go for medical school.