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The UK Department of Internal Medicine is offering a grant writing course to help faculty write R01 NIH or similar grants. This course will be taught by Philip Kern, MD, with help from the UK Proposal Development Office. The department of internal medicine wishes to promote grant submissions and will provide special assistance for internal medicine faculty.
Helping people is at the heart of much of the research conducted at the University of Kentucky.
Kenneth S. Campbell, PhD, is a professor of both cardiovascular medicine and physiology in the UK College of Medicine. He is also the director of the Gill Cardiovascular Biorepository.
An innovative study recently published in the “American Journal of Preventive Cardiology” is a shining example of collaboration between learners at the UK College of Medicine-Northern Kentucky Campus and physicians at St. Elizabeth Healthcare.
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Centerresearchers have discovered a promising new way to combat therapy-resistant cancers by targeting a specific protein modification, according to a study published in the International Journal of Biological Sciences.
The University of Kentucky’s Achieving Success in Community-Engaged research to elimiNate Disparities (UK ASCEND) is pleased to announce the selection of its second and third cohorts of ASCEND Scholars.
On Dec. 13, the University of Kentucky College of Medicine hosted a premiere event that was much more than a film screening—it was a celebration of the dedication, innovation, and human spirit driving health care and education in Kentucky.
Researchers at the University of Kentucky have found that incorporating specific nutrients into a regular diet may reduce iron buildup in the brain — a factor associated with cognitive decline in normal aging.
Emad Chishti, a fourth-year medical student at the UK College of Medicine-Lexington Campus, spent his year participating in the NIH Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP). Chishti is the first UK medical student to participate in the NIH program.
Anna-Maria South, MD, assistant professor of hospital medicine, was one of eight individuals selected to join the third cohort of the Disparities Researchers Equalizing Access for all comMunities (DREAM) scholars program last year.
Ann R. Finke, MD, a nephrology-critical care fellow in the UK College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, was selected by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to serve on a task force conducting a major revision of the Common Program Requirements. The task force is expected to complete its work over the next two to three years.
Recent University of Kentucky graduate Elaf Ghoneim was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. Her family, originally from Libya, established a tight-knit, community-oriented home that emphasized the importance of service and advocacy.
A new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study highlights the success of the largest-ever quality improvement initiative to focus on the critically important issue of smoking among cancer patients.
The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Director Linda Van Eldik, PhD, hopes to shed light on how specific brain cells may contribute to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, paving the way for potential new therapeutic approaches.
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Centerresearchers identified a protein that could be key to developing new treatments for triple-negative breast cancer.
Katie Twist, MD, has been named the new assistant dean for preclinical education in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Office of Medical Education.
Thomas Waid, MD, professor of medicine, received the Jack Trevey Award for Community Service at the Lexington Medical Society (LMS) Dinner Social at the Signature Club. Dr. Waid is a past LMS president and executive board chair.
Dr. Courtney Perry, assistant professor of internal medicine, who is also associated with the Appalachian Center and whose research is focused on health outcomes and disparities in Appalachia, has been awarded the Qorus Pfizer Health Equity Award.
The Barnstable Brown Gala, the premier Kentucky Derby party, announced that it has donated $1 million to the University of Kentucky Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center, from proceeds of its 2024 Gala.
Researchers at the University of Kentucky were part of a team that discovered a key protein in the brain that can regulate motivation for reward in mice.
Work by several researchers within the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging was recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Genetics.