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A collaboration among three University of Kentucky colleges has resulted in an innovative new online program. Students and health professionals looking to further their education in food as it relates to health can now earn a graduate certificate in applied nutrition and culinary medicine.
More than 4,800 women die each year from heart disease in Kentucky. Across the United States, women are dying every 80 seconds from cardiovascular disease and stroke, which they are less likely to survive than men.
These staggering statistics are what keep two University of Kentucky faculty members pushing for more research and funding in the field of women’s heart health.
2022 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
University of Kentucky Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Nancy Webb, Ph.D., has been honored by the American Heart Association with the Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB) Distinguished Achievement Award.
The ATVB Council engages scientists and clinicians working to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. This annual accolade recognizes a member who has made major contributions to the council and substantial professional contributions to the field.
To date, the underlying causes of inflammation in obesity and Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have been poorly understood, which has hampered efforts to develop treatments to prevent complications from a disease that is the third leading cause of death in the United States.
But new research at the University of Kentucky shows that changes to mitochondria — the powerhouse of cells — drive chronic inflammation from cells exposed to certain types of fats, shattering the prevailing assumption that glucose was the culprit.
Congratulations to Dr. Sara Police and Dr. Michael Kilgore from the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences who received the "Teacher who made a difference" award, at this past event from the College of Education. More information about this award can be found by clicking Here
Congratulation to both of them!!
THE CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
ON OBESITY AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (COCVD)
PILOT PROJECT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Congratulations to Dr. Sara Police from the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences who received the "Teacher who made a difference" award, at this past weekend event from the College of Education. More information about this award can be found by clicking Here
Congratulation Dr. Police!
While national rankings cannot portray the importance of research as a pillar of the mission of the University of Kentucky (UK), rankings provide a snapshot of our standings compared to benchmark institutions of higher education. Fortunately, national rankings of university research portfolios show steady growth of UK’s research enterprise, and they illustrate the breadth of faculty, staff and students engaged in research.
Dr. Swanson is currently recruiting graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to serve as near-peer mentors for our SURES (Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Environmental Health Sciences).
Organized by the College of Pharmacy, Dr. D'Orazio and Pearson will be the featured speakers among others.
http://pharmacy.uky.edu/news/everything-science-opposites-attract
As a raft of new treatments for HIV infection have come on the market in the past 20 years, AIDS patients have gotten access to drugs that allow them to live longer.
"These drugs are miracles," said Dr. Richard N. Greenberg, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Kentucky. "Before the advent of anti-retroviral drugs, HIV infection was a death sentence. Now, taken properly, the life span of a person with an HIV infection is practically normal."
