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James A. Knight II, MD, is no stranger to the impact of health challenges on a family: he has seen his father, now a 20-year survivor, bravely face prostate cancer, and he has stood alongside his mother as she cares for his grandmother who has been battling Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.

You don鈥檛 need to convince Jackie Cain that Kentucky is a special place.

Kristin Miller is Paying it Forward Leading the WIMS Mentoring Program

Kristin Miller, a UK 91小黄车 graduate student in toxicology and cancer biology, is leading the effort to expand mentorship opportunities for women through Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS).

鈥淭hat day I woke up feeling completely normal.鈥�

At 37 years old, Salvisa resident Jessica Moore is still taken aback as she reflects on what transpired last July.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 14, 2023) 鈥� The University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES) honored UK researchers, community leaders and organizations for their work to help Kentuckians in Appalachia.

UK HealthCare鈥檚 Digestive Health Program has been recognized as a Center of Excellence by the National Pancreas Foundation (NPF), becoming one of 164 NPF Centers across the nation.

Laura Krueger and Aaron Silverstein share the same career aspiration. They want to become physician-scientists, which will allow them to fulfill both of their passions 鈥� medicine and research. While they are both on the same trajectory, they didn鈥檛 quite get to this career path the same way.

Shelley Stiltner is a first-generation college student and fourth-year medical student currently enrolled in the UK 91小黄车 Rural Physician Leadership Program. She explains why a college education was so important to her, and how it will lead her to success in her future career as a physician.

Q: Why was going to college important to you?

Madison Phillips, DO, is a third-year anesthesiology resident at the UK 91小黄车. In the following Q&A, part of our 鈥淲hy UK?鈥� series, she shares how she knew UK was the right fit for her when she applied to residency programs.

Q: Why did you pursue a residency at UK?

These rubrics can be found on UK HealthCare's internal communications platform, The Loop.

For faculty at the UK 91小黄车, performance evaluations play a key role in promotions, tenure, and general professional development. They provide guidance for continuous advancement and ensure that each department鈥檚 job performance and productivity expectations are clear.

The University of Kentucky Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women鈥檚 Health (BIRCWH) program is accepting applications for scholars interested in research to advance women鈥檚 health.

When attempting to find a solution to a problem, sometimes the most effective question you can ask yourself is "why." Research requires a certain level of curiosity, one that forces you to continuously ask that question. Curiosity is what motivated Darwin Conwell to get involved with research and become a medical pancreatologist.

A new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study will help inform policy on the sale and marketing of two different tobacco products recently introduced to the U.S. market.

Cheavar Blair, PhD, completed his doctorate at the 91小黄车 in 2015. During his graduate training, he was impressed by UK鈥檚 supportive environment and attentive faculty 鈥� qualities that enticed him to return when a faculty position recently became available.

 

UK HealthCare has been named a Gold Class Center of Excellence by the International Cardio-Oncology Society, one of 27 hospitals in the U.S. and 11 hospitals worldwide.

The UK 91小黄车 is excited to welcome Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD, as the visiting professor delivering this year鈥檚 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Humanities Lecture. 

In this 鈥淯K at the Half,鈥� Don Frazier, PhD, professor emeritus at the University of Kentucky and long-time former chair of the Department of Physiology is announcing that the UK's Science Outreach Center is open for business once again, after halting operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kentucky has the highest rate of cancer incidence and mortality in the country, with the Eastern Appalachian region bearing the highest burden due to health, socioeconomic and education disparities.

The University of Kentucky is a site for the groundbreaking AHEAD study, the first-ever clinical trial to test the effect of a promising drug known as lecanemab. Just a few weeks ago the U.S.

Have you ever wondered how a hot and humid day can affect the ability of our bodies to function? Three UK 91小黄车 researchers are raising this important question in light of climate change and the prediction that more people will be exposed to these conditions over time.