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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 2, 2022) – A team of researchers from the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) is working to identify new proteins that are destructive to the brain. They know that about 25% of individuals, and 50% of individuals with Alzheimer disease, have the genetic mutation APOE ε4 allele — a known risk factor for the disease.

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The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine recently held its 3rd Annual Pumpkin Carving. The event was started as a way to promote resident wellness, encourage creativity, and celebrate the spooky season. UK Recycling provided composting bins for the department. Faculty donated several carved pumpkins to the McConnell Springs Jack-o-Lantern trail. Everyone looks forward to continuing this annual tradition in the years to come!

Browse a gallery of images from this year's Pumpkin Carving below. 

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The University of Kentucky College of Medicine 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.

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Homicide detectives have quietly called themselves “the murder police” for years. Never as a point of bragging or arrogance (two things actually rare in a profession that serves up humility daily), but a simple way of defining work as do their fellow law enforcement officials.

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The innate ability of Cody Bumgardner, PhD, to work with computer systems was evident in high school. Computers were being installed in one of his school’s first computer labs, and when workers unboxed the systems and left for lunch, he snuck into the lab and installed the hardware by the time they returned.

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Dr. Cody Bumgardner, Director of the Pathology Informatics Division is a Co-Director of the newly funded Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) Alliance Team. This alliance is a collaboration between Pathology, Radiology, and the Institute for Biomedical Informatics. The Alliance will foster growth of infrastructure and specific projects to support the application of Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Medicine and Clinical Decision Making. Additional members of the Alliance include Dr. Qasem, image analysis, and Dr.
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Five days after presenting an interesting autopsy case at weekly Follow-up Conference, Dr. Yenwongfai submitted the case to the National Association of Medical Examiners’ “Case of the Week” series and was accepted the same day! Congratulations and excellent work Leo! https://www.thename.org/
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Congratulations! The Apheresis Center team, under the direction of Dr. Alex Fenwick, has ranked in the top 5% nationally for Q3 in FY21 based on their patient experience survey scores! All domains scored at the 99th percentile. The team will receive special recognition via a celebration provided by the Office of Patient Experience.
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Derek Allison, MD, assistant professor in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine, was interviewed for a spotlight in the American Cancer Society's "Cancer Cytopathology" medical journal.

Click here to read his Q&A on the ACS journal's website, where he discusses his path to cytopathology, advice for young investigators, and his future research.

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The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine congratulates Dr. Alison Woodworth on her election to President of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Academy beginning in August, 2021. The AACC Academy is a distinguished division of the AACC consisting of the academically and scientifically engaged members of the organization.

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Congratulations to the following pathology faculty members for creating good news during the time of COVID:

Dr. Janna Neltner and Dr. Therese Bocklage were recently recognized for their Pathology Core Curriculum work in Cancer Cytopathology. Please see the attached PDF to learn more. 

Dr. Derek Allison was named a Rising Star in Cytology in Cancer Cytopathology. His feature is upcoming, so we are very prominent in this journal.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2020) — The statistics on Alzheimer’s and dementia inducing brain disease are frightening to look at, and unlike research into cancer and heart disease, researchers have often been frustrated in their efforts to make progress in understanding these diseases.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 25, 2020) — Working with their colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania, researchers at the University of Kentucky have found that they can differentiate between subtypes of dementia inducing brain disease.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 10, 2020) — On and off campus, members of our UK community are working to ensure that the university can keep its promise to our state — to educate, serve, research and heal. That's why UKNow is launching this new "#TogetherUKY" series to thank some of the UK faculty and staff who are a representation of all our employees who are working hard in numerous areas and departments around our campus. We can't continue our mission without their commitment, resilience and collaborative spirit during this challenging time.

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LEXINGTON, Ky.  (July 30, 2020) —The COVID-19 pandemic brought many things to a screeching halt and continues to impact our daily lives. However, important research at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) is continuing under extreme caution and deep dedication.

“It can’t wait,” said Dr. Greg Jicha, a neurologist at SBCoA.  

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Leonard (Leo) Yenwongfai was just 5 years old when he officially solidified his plans to become a doctor. It was after a conversation he had with a physician who was taking care of a family member at the time. That man, also named Leonard, told him, “I want you to be a doctor just like me.”

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Please join us in welcoming our 2020-2021 pathology residents!

Juanita Ferreira graduated from China Medical University in 2012 with her MBBS and in 2016 with her M.Med from China Medical University. Juanita’s hobbies include travelling, learning about new cultures, spending time in the library with her son, cooking, and writing poetry. Juanita also speaks Chinese and French Creole.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 16, 2020) — An international group of experts led by Dr.

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At the University of Kentucky, multiple innovative biospecimen resources are available to assist research. A video produced by the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) highlights the biospecimen resources offered by the CCTS, the UK Markey Cancer Center, the UK Gill Heart Institute, and the Alzheimer’s Disease Center at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.

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Wanda started in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the early 90’s.  She initially provided staff support to several of our faculty, but in the late 1990s became interested in the challenges presented by coding and billing.  Over the next few years she took classes and trained to become a certified coder which allowed the Department to create the position she occupied in our department until all coding was centralized under the Enterprise a few years ago.  This positions was one of the fir