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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."
Study Links Smoking During Pregnancy With Increase in Obesity Later in Baby's Life
Kudos to Dr. Anika Hartz who was named Faculty Mentor of the Week by UK's Office of Undergraduate Research.
r. Tuckson (Dr. Wayne Tuckson, MD, a colorectal surgeon in Louisville) speaks on KET.org with Dr. Sara Police, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences and associate director for Graduate Studies for the Nutritional Sciences MS-PhD Program, University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Full Interview can be found Here.
THE CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE ON OBESITY AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (COCVD)
Congratulations to Dave Schnell, PhD, Adam Ghoweri, Kai Zhang and Nicole Robinson for getting their article published in the Health&Wellness November 2018 issue
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are an array of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother consumed alcohol during pregnancy. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), the most severe of these conditions, often results in physical abnormalities, behavioral development issues and intellectual disabilities.
Congratulations to Dr. Ai-Ling Lin, colleagues- Dr. Anika Hartz and DPNS students-Jared Hoffman and Lucy Yanckello on their recent articles in Scientific Reports and/or Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience!
The Phase III Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) on Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases (COCVD) focuses on identification of mechanisms and development of therapies that target obesity as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease).
In its 11th year and extending into 2023, this center promotes 3 scientific core facilities and supports pilot projects that help us understand why obesity increases disease development.
The University of Kentucky Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center held its eighth annual Obesity and Diabetes Research Day, highlighting the work of students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty from around the region. The program features presentations from nationally recognized physician-scientists, as well as researchers chosen from abstract submissions.
The 13th Annual Spring Conference of the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) was held April 13 at the Lexington Convention Center. While the CCTS supports research across the spectrum of diseases, this year’s conference focused on using translational science to address the opioid epidemic.
Data from a new study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers shows that repurposing drugs used to treat leukemia has promise for preventing melanoma metastasis.
In a society that values gender equality, it's important to remember that there are differences between the sexes that directly impact health.
One area in critical need of further study is cardiovascular health. For the past four years, two junior faculty at the University of Kentucky have invested their efforts to host a symposium where outstanding scientists from UK and universities across the country present new scientific advances in women's heart health and explore translational cardiovascular research areas that merit further study.
Dr. Changcheng Zhou and fellow departmental and UK colleagues, including Drs. Yipeng Sui, Zun Liu, Se-Yhung Park, Sean Thatcher and Phil Kern, have published in the new journal JCI Insight, a sister publication of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.