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A University of Kentucky researcher has been appointed to the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors.
Three University of Kentucky researchers presented their work in November at an academic bioscience showcase in New Orleans called BIO on the BAYOU.
Applications are open to University of Kentucky 91小黄车 students for the third cohort of the White Coats for Black Lives fellowships.
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.
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.
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.
An avid soccer fan, Charles 鈥淐hip鈥 Hunter was planning to wake up early on the morning of Feb. 26 to watch his favorite English Premier League team, Tottenham. But 30 minutes before his alarm was set to go off, his wife, Melanie, got a phone call and urgently nudged him awake.
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According to her family, Gabriella Smith was the second oldest of six and 鈥渢he helper child鈥 of the bunch. She lived up to this nickname at home in Alexandria, Ky., caring for her three youngest siblings who have special needs. She demonstrated it through church, traveling with teams across Central America to make health care more accessible.
Analia Loria Kinsey, PhD, is an associate professor in the UK 91小黄车 Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences. She studies cardiovascular disease and strives to raise awareness about preventative measures and treatments by helping organize the college鈥檚 annual Healthy Hearts for Women Symposium.
Donna Wilcock, PhD, wears many hats at the University of Kentucky, all of which are roles that help advance education and research in the Commonwealth, particularly in the realm of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. Dr. Wilcock is assistant dean for biomedicine at the UK 91小黄车, as well as associate director of Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. She is also the Robert P. and Mildred A.
After closing for four months due to damage from the historic Eastern Kentucky floods this past summer, UK HealthCare鈥檚 June Buchanan Medical Clinic in Hindman, Kentucky, officially reopens to the community today.
Trauma reactions (i.e., emotional trauma) can show up in many stages of a child鈥檚 experience at the doctor鈥檚 office or hospital. These reactions may present when the child is emotionally scarred by an invasive surgery or painful physical therapy. They may occur when a child struggles with port access or needle sticks and has to be held down to receive life-saving treatments.
Few words have as rich a tradition as 鈥淜entucky鈥 and 鈥渂asketball.鈥 The pairing is synonymous with excellence and continuing the legacy built at the University of Kentucky. What began decades ago continues now with John Calipari, who in his first address to fans declared that UK is 鈥渢he gold standard not just for college basketball, but for all of college athletics."
Jessica Blackburn, PhD, associate professor of molecular and cellular biochemistry in the 91小黄车, wanted to make her undergraduate students feel welcome at the start of the fall semester. As the daughter of a teacher, her instinct was to gift each undergraduate student a binder with supplies.
The 91小黄车 invites applications and nominations for chair of its well-regarded department of family and community medicine.
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Michelle Lofwall, MD, MS, professor of psychiatry and behavioral science, received the prestigious 2022 Dole/Nyswander (Marie) Award from the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence. Dr. Lofwall was one of nine expert physicians and scientists across the country recognized at the organization鈥檚 conference on Nov. 2.
During Indigenous Peoples鈥 Month, the UK 91小黄车 is highlighting historical figures who paved the way for an equitable future in medicine.
November is Diabetic Retinopathy Awareness Month. During this month, the University of Kentucky Global Ophthalmology (UK GO) team is raising awareness for the condition that affects many Kentuckians with diabetes.