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The UK 91小黄车 is excited to announce that Sarah Hall, MD, PhD, and Eleftherios Xenos, MD, PhD, have been elected to represent the college on the University Senate.
The University Senate is the faculty voice in the governance of our college and the University and determines broad academic policies of the University. Dr. Hall and Dr. Xenos will serve as 91小黄车 representatives for three-year terms beginning in August.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 3, 2022) 鈥 The University of Kentucky鈥檚 UNited In True racial Equity (UNITE) Research Priority Area will host its inaugural research showcase on Wednesday, May 4. The 2022 UNITE Research Showcase is centered around elevating and promoting the importance of racial equity research at UK, across the Commonwealth and beyond.
In 2020, high-profile murders of Black civilians by police garnered national attention, shining a light on the growing need for social change. Learners at the UK 91小黄车 collaborated to compose a letter to their leadership, advocating for solutions to combat systemic racism. The 91小黄车 administration engaged with learners to implement strategies and initiatives that would address their concerns.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 2, 2022) 鈥 Are you caring for someone with dementia? We invite you to participate in a research study that offers the Harmony at H.O.M.E. (Help Online Modifying the Environment) telehealth program at the University of Kentucky. The program provides training and tools for care partners to assess and modify the home to promote activity engagement and behavior regulation for the person with dementia. This study is led by researchers within UK鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.
Ramon Sun, PhD, is an assistant professor of neuroscience whose lab focuses on interpreting the molecular events connecting complex carbohydrate metabolism to cellular metabolism, signaling, and physiology.
While his primary appointment is in neuroscience, his work also encompasses molecular and cellular biochemistry and is affiliated with Markey Cancer Center, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, and the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center.
You can learn more about Dr. Sun in the following Q&A.
Early in her undergraduate years of college, Elena Shelepak had several career paths in mind. She was good at biology and curious about genetics. During freshman year, she took a few psychology courses. Criminal justice also piqued her interest.
LEXINGTON, KY. (April 28, 2022) 鈥 It started as an idea during the 2021 spring semester. The goal behind the idea being discussed by the student group, Minority Students in Neuroscience (MSN), was to bring together all neuroscience majors, faculty and staff for an event celebrating the study they all love and enjoy.
April 24, 1962, marks the official 60th anniversary of the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital 鈥 then known as University Hospital.
Rob Brooks is from Bedford, Ky., a town of fewer than 600 people in Trimble County. He grew up knowing that rural areas like his hometown are typically underserved in regards to health care, so he planned to become a doctor who could be part of the solution.
Through the UK 91小黄车 Rural Physician Leadership Program (RPLP), Rob received two years of education at UK鈥檚 large academic medical center in Lexington, Ky., followed by onsite rural medicine experience and training in Morehead, Ky.
The 91小黄车 is excited to announce the appointment of faculty members Sarah Marks, MD, MA, and Jordan Clay, MD, to serve on its committees. The electeds have been endorsed by the 91小黄车 acting dean and Faculty Council. They will serve three-year terms on their respective committees.
Dr. Marks has been appointed to the 91小黄车 Admissions Committee. Dr. Clay has been appointed to the 91小黄车 Medical Student Curriculum Committee.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2022) 鈥 More than two years into the University of Kentucky鈥檚 $87 million HEALing Communities Study (HCS) to address the opioid epidemic in Kentucky, it is possible to see the life-changing impacts it has already made in the eight counties of the study鈥檚 first wave.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 19, 2022) 鈥 Two undergraduates have been selected as the first recipients of the University of Kentucky鈥檚 new Beckman Scholars Program, titled Scholars United by Chemistry: Cultivating Excellence through Science Stewardship (SUCCESS).
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 18, 2022) 鈥 University of Kentucky experts on the front lines of the nation鈥檚 opioid and addiction crises will share their work in the field of opioid use disorder research, treatment and prevention this week at the 2022 Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit in Atlanta April 18-22.
The UK 91小黄车 Office of Faculty Affairs and Development is pleased to announce that Caryn Sorge, MD, and Rach猫le Yadon, MD, have been selected as fellows for the 2022 Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium Academic Leadership Academy (BHEC-ALA).
A Frankfort, Ky., native, Josh Karsner originally planned to attend the UK 91小黄车鈥檚 main campus in Lexington. Near the start of medical school, he learned about the college鈥檚 new regional campus in Bowling Green that would offer the same curriculum but smaller class sizes, as well as a chance to pave the way for future physicians-in-training in western Kentucky.
His first thought: 鈥淲hy not?鈥
BENHAM, Ky. (April 14, 2022) 鈥 Make Better Choices 2 (MBC2), a mobile health (mHealth) project through the University of Kentucky, is celebrating a new wave of community participation with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its project headquarters in Benham, Kentucky, on May 11 at 2 p.m.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 14, 2022) 鈥 Caris Life Sciences (Caris), the leading molecular science and technology company actively developing and delivering innovative solutions to revolutionize health care, announced April 14 that the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has joined Caris鈥 Precision Oncology Alliance (POA).
When Emmanuel Dike-Udensi was a first-year student, his peers in third and fourth year would always give him the same warning 鈥 that medical school goes by quickly. But Emmanuel was skeptical.
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 believe them,鈥 he said with a laugh. 鈥淏ack then, I had so much to study, I couldn鈥檛 imagine that.鈥
Now, as Emmanuel approaches the end of medical school, he said reflecting on the past four years 鈥 and how fast they have gone by 鈥 is surreal.
The 91小黄车 is pleased to announce the faculty, staff, and learner winners of the inaugural Mission, Vision, Pillar, and Enabler Awards.
A new division has been established in the UK 91小黄车 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology to improve the coordination of care in labor and delivery.
Assistant professor Andrea Tucker, MD, collaborated with department chair Wendy Hansen, MD, knowing that laborist services would be crucial for ensuring safe, quality care for patients and enhanced mentorship for future physicians.
Dr. Tucker spearheaded efforts to create a laborist division, which was officially established in July 2021.