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In 2014, the United States experienced its first known cases of Ebola virus disease transmission between a patient and health care workers.
The University of Kentucky Division of Gastroenterology, in collaboration with the UK Endoscopy Council, recently advanced its community outreach efforts through the GI Community Engagement Committee. The committee, led by Dr. Kshitij Thakur, includes fellows and residents and works closely with the Endoscopy Council to expand community focused education and engagement.
After an intensive national search and selection process, UK HealthCare leadership announced Vedant Gupta, MD, has been selected as the director of the Gill Heart & Vascular Institute and leader of the cardiovascular health se
There’s a virus within a bacterium within a parasite, and University of Kentucky researchers are figuring out how to make them kill each other.
A new study co-authored by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers Jessica Burris, PhD, Timothy Mullett, MD, and Graham Warren, MD, PhD, shows that making smoking cessation assistance a standard part of cancer care is achievable on a national scale and can happen relatively quickly.
From the sidelines of high school football games in Louisville to the exam rooms at St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Andrew Arnold’s path to becoming a family physician is one rooted in service, mentorship and deep family ties.
UK HealthCare’s Interventional Pulmonology program has proudly announced the successful completion of 1,000 shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopies (ss-RAB), less than three years from the procedure’s first occurrence within the facility.
A new University of Kentucky study has mapped areas across the U.S. where high rates of diabetes and deaths from diabetes-related cancers overlap.
Scientists at the University of Kentucky have uncovered a new reason why people with Alzheimer’s disease often struggle with sleep, long before memory loss begins. The study, led by researchers at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, reveals that a protein called tau “hijacks” the brain’s energy supply, keeping the brain in a state of overactive excitability that prevents restorative rest.
The University of Kentucky is well-represented on a list of the most-cited researchers in the world. In a database compiled by Stanford University in a partnership with Elsevier, 112 current UK scientists and scholars appear among the top 2% of the most-cited researchers across 22 disciplines.
For many Kentuckians with dementia, medical interventions may seem like the only choice, but a new University of Kentucky study shows that prioritizing joy and engagement through enrichment activities is vital for the health of both residents and the caregivers who support them.
The UK College of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine has recently been spotlighted by the MOMENTOUS bi-monthly newsletter for their institutional commitment to advancing pulmonary research and improving patient care.
The University of Kentucky Multidisciplinary Endocarditis Team recently published a seminal paper on the treatment of infective endocarditis with oral antibiotics.
Pierluigi Porcu, MD, serves as associate director for clinical translation at the UK Markey Cancer Center (MCC), where he directs scientific and clinical efforts to advance new therapies for blood cancers. Dr. Porcu also serves as the division chief of hematology and cellular therapy within the UK College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine.
Gabby Morrison was 11 weeks into her third pregnancy in early 2023 when she learned she had miscarried. Days later, the emotional weight of the loss triggered a panic attack so severe the 27-year-old from West Liberty thought she was having a heart attack. Morrison went to
Jim Janszen, MD, and Iveta Janszen, MD, both anesthesiologists at UK HealthCare, encouraged their four children to be whatever they wanted to be when they grew up.
UK HealthCare Team Blue is welcoming a new provider to its primary care team. Hender Rojas, APRN, joined Team Blue on Dec. 29, 2025, and will begin accepting new patients starting the week of Jan. 12, 2026.
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Centerradiation oncologist Denise Fabian, MD, will lead a national symposium focused on theranostics, a rapidly advancing approach to precision cancer care that combines diagnostic imaging and therapeutic interventions.
Imagine being able to see the invisible—amyloid plaques, tau tangles, and metabolic changes in the living brain. This is no longer science fiction; it’s reality at the University of Kentucky.
A University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Centerstudy reveals how prostate cancer cells adapt their metabolism to thrive in bone tissue, offering a potential new treatment target for patients with advanced disease.