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Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

2
Education Programs
Pharmacology: PhD and undergrad minor tracks; Nutritional Sciences: master's and PhD tracks
40+
Faculty Members
Across our multidisciplinary and collaborative department
5+
Affiliated research centers and alliances
Top research areas include aging, cancer, cardiovascular issues, and diabetes

Welcome to the UK College of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences!

We are a unique unit, the only one of its kind in US academic institutions, with research and graduate training programs in pharmacology and nutritional sciences all within one basic science department. 

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Research Spotlight

Dr. Analia Loria

UK study: Babies exposed to opioids in womb may face greater risk of heart disease

Researchers at the University of Kentucky are shedding light on an understudied aspect of today’s opioid crisis: What happens to the cardiovascular health of babies exposed to opioids in the womb?

Dr. Ren Xu

Congratulations to Dr. Ren Xu for his recent PNAS article on a new treatment target for metastatic cancer

The research, published in PNAS May 8, shows a metabolite called succinate plays a role in enhancing cancer cell plasticity and identifies an enzyme called PLOD2 as a regulator of succinate during breast cancer progression.