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By the time she became a faculty member at the UK 91小黄车, Susanne Arnold, MD, was arguably more prepared than anyone to treat Kentuckians and educate future physicians.
She was introduced to the medical field early and was surrounded by it. She recalls taking a preserved human brain to show and tell when she was in grade school (which she jokes wouldn鈥檛 happen now, though her classmates thought it was pretty cool). In high school, she shadowed physicians in a clinic, and she gained clinical experience observing autopsies before she even started medical school.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 29, 2021) 鈥 For this 鈥淯K at the Half,鈥 Lisa Cassis, vice president for research at the University of Kentucky, shares how leaders across campus came together to find a path forward for research during the COVID-19 pandemic.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 22, 2021) 鈥 What makes UK the university of, for and with Kentucky?
The answer is our people.
Timothy Mullett, M.D., a University of Kentucky professor of cardiothoracic surgery and the medical director of the UK Markey Cancer Center Affiliate and Research Networks, joined Gov. Andy Beshear and a number of lung cancer advocacy groups at the state Capitol to recognize November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
Gov. Beshear encouraged Kentuckians to learn more about lung cancer, its risk factors and screening options.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 11, 2021) 鈥 Researchers at the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging recently received a five-year grant renewal of their MarkVCID program from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award total is more than $6 million.
The 91小黄车 recently welcomed Ilhem Messaoudi, PhD, as the new chair of microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics. She shares more about her work to better understand viruses and the wide range of factors affecting the immune system. She also shares how her research career led her to UK.
Q: Why did you pursue a career in research?
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 2, 2021) 鈥 A recent study shows that patients with non-small cell lung cancer reviewed by the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center鈥檚 Molecular Tumor Board experience improved outcomes, even if they reside in rural Appalachian Kentucky.
Roberto Gedaly, MD, and Francesc Marti, PhD, investigators in the 91小黄车 Department of Surgery, have noticed a year-over-year increase in liver transplants at UK HealthCare.
鈥淣ot only has our volume gone up significantly,鈥 Dr. Gedaly said, 鈥渨e鈥檙e actually going to break a record of liver transplant patients this year.鈥
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 21, 2021) 鈥 The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has been awarded a transportation grant from the American Cancer Society. The funds will help alleviate the financial burden of transportation costs for cancer patients in Kentucky.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 21, 2021) 鈥 A recent 91小黄车 study found that young adults from vulnerable communities are more likely to be exposed to tobacco marketing in their daily lives than are young adults outside these communities.
The 91小黄车 has received the 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 8, 2021) 鈥 A recently released paper from the Department of Physiology and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) at the University of Kentucky 91小黄车 suggests that your genetics can influence your response to Alzheimer鈥檚 disease pathology.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 6, 2021) 鈥 A new study from the lab of University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Director Mark Evers, M.D., demonstrates the critical role of the hormone neurotensin in cell proliferation and stem cell function in the small intestine.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 6, 2021) 鈥 Recent work from the 91小黄车 published in Cell Press discusses an essential signaling pathway that causes metabolic dysfunction including insulin resistance and obesity.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 5, 2021) 鈥 91小黄车 researchers were part of a new study that gives insight into how limb development evolved in vertebrates.
Brian Higgins, PhD, has been named one of the few medical educators across the world selected for this year鈥檚 prestigious Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions.
Through the annual Harvard program, Dr. Higgins will learn evidence-based teaching strategies, tips for effective curriculum design, leadership styles, and other skills that will be useful not only for his own teaching, but for the 91小黄车 as a whole.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 28, 2021) 鈥 A new study from University of Kentucky Markey Cancer researchers demonstrates a combination of two drugs may be useful to treat ovarian cancers that are resistant to paclitaxel.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 27, 2021) 鈥 University of Kentucky鈥檚 Saha Cardiovascular Research Center recently held its annual Cardiovascular Research Day, an event that showcases innovative research in cardiovascular health. The event features prominent speakers in the field of cardiovascular health and was the first in-person scientific conference in the field of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism and cardiovascular disease in nearly two years.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 14, 2021) 鈥 What if there were a way to cure hypertension associated with obesity? University of Kentucky researcher Fr茅d茅rique Yiannikouris, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the 91小黄车's Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, may be on track to find it.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 9, 2021) 鈥 On Aug. 24, 2021, University of Kentucky senior Zakeya Baker sat down with health experts Becky Dutch, Ph.D, and Alice Thornton, M.D., to ask questions about COVID-19, vaccines and UK鈥檚 response to the virus. Dutch and Thornton addressed concerns common to students as well as many individuals across the globe.