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The Pat Summitt Foundation presented a $25,000 grant to the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA)during the UK women鈥檚 basketball game against Auburn University on Thursday evening. The center is one of the nation鈥檚 top centers on aging, with a goal to preserve brain health and slow the progression of dementia.
In Kentucky, there are significant disparities in cancer rates and related risk factors among communities of color, including Black and Hispanic communities.
Ever since she was 12 years old, Barbie Johnson has been a Kentucky girl at heart. Raised in the bluegrass, Barbie has worked at UK HealthCare for 18 years, first in gynecologic oncology and now in surgery scheduling. But she had no idea that while working with patients she would eventually become one herself.
Researchers at the University of Kentucky and Hebrew University in Jerusalem are partnering to study the complexity of the human brain. Specifically, researchers will test whether new, so-far unknown proteins exist in the brain.
The 21st annual Posters-at-the-Capitol on March 2, 2023, will feature 14 University of Kentucky undergraduate students whose research addresses topics with important implications for issues in Kentucky, including community health, agricultural sustainability, renewable energy and public health and safety.
The 91小黄车 is excited to announce that Eddy Shih-Hsin Yang, MD, PhD, will join the college as the new chair of the department of radiation medicine and the Markey Cancer Foundation Endowed Chair in Radiation Medicine.
The 91小黄车-Bowling Green Campus has created an additional leadership position to focus on the holistic success of its medical students.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
University of Kentucky researchers have found that maternal vaccination against COVID-19 works to protect both the mother and baby.
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.
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.
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).
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, 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?
This holiday season Kentuckians of all ages continue to deal with a trifecta in sickness resurgence: flu, RSV and COVID-19.
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.