As its great steel structure continues to rise toward the sky on the University of Kentucky campus, it is hard to miss the construction — and the excitement — of the Michael D. Rankin MD Health Education Building.

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Centerresearchers Jennifer Redmond Knight, Dr.P.H., and Timothy Mullett, MD, are co-investigators on a new National Cancer Institute grant that will expand Kentucky’s successful lung cancer screening quality improvement program to 60 sites across the U.S.

The UK College of Medicine is excited to announce that Susanne Arnold, MD, professor of medicine, has been named recipient of the prestigious William R. Willard Dean’s Recognition Award. She was honored at the 2025 College of Medicine Awards Convocation.

Last week, the UK Alumni Association’s Lyman T. Johnson Alumni Constituency Group hosted its 34th annual Lyman T. Johnson Awards Luncheon. The event honors alumni and students from each academic college who embody the spirit and accomplishments of Lyman T.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine Awards Convocation recognizes excellence across our institution. During the annual event, faculty, staff, and learners were recognized for their exceptional contributions to education, research, clinical care, and service. On Oct.

A University of Kentucky team has been selected for the 2025-26 Scholars Transforming Through Research (STR) Program of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). The five-month program culminates in a two-day event March 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

University of Kentucky leadership, along with state and community leaders, joined members of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging to celebrate a significant achievement: 40 years of continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their revolutionary work in the field of Alzheimer’s and dementia. 

The University of Kentucky community is invited to the documentary film premiere of “Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp & the Biotech Revolution” 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 at the Kentucky Theatre, with a post-screening conversation on UK biotech research, innovation and commercialization.

Researchers from the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center made a strong impact at the 2025 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting this fall.

The University of Kentucky’s Saha Cardiovascular Research Center celebrated two decades of cardiovascular research excellence as well as the achievements of the field’s rising stars at the 27th annual Cardiovascular Research Day.

A prestigious grant from the National Institute on Aging will launch a new initiative at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging to train the next generation of Alzheimer’s disease scientists.

Kentucky Children’s Hospital (KCH) was awarded $2.5 million from the Kentucky Pediatric Cancer Research Trust Fund (KPCRF) to support research efforts around reducing the morbidity, mortality and long-term compl

The University of Kentucky’s biennial Aortic Symposium was held Sept. 27, 2025, at the Healthy Kentucky Research Building and hosted a variety of students, staff, and faculty from around the country sharing their expertise in aortic research, surgery, and education. Featured speakers of the day included:

On Sept. 26, researchers filled the Gatton Student Center's Grand Ballrooms to celebrate the 27th annual Cardiovascular Research Day. This event recognizes a spectrum of research, including highlighting researchers who have made significant contributions to the field of cardiovascular medicine. 

Wang-Xia Wang, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and neuroscience, was honored as a UK Innovator Honoree at Patent Palooza 2025, the University of Kentucky’s annual celebration of research and innovation achievements. 

A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging now have a better understanding of how the brain’s support cells communicate with blood vessels — a process that goes awry in Alzheimer’s disease.

The UK College of Medicine is proud to recognize its faculty representatives in the prestigious Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program.

A tiny fish with translucent skin could make a big difference in how we treat pediatric cancer — and the research is happening at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.

Evelyn Bates remembers the early years she embarked on her PhD and the imposter syndrome that loomed. Just a year and a half into her training, she submitted a grant proposal that presented challenges — early feedback and lots of revisions. At a conference, with an impending oral presentation on her work, she juggled those revisions and a tight resubmission deadline.

By Jenny Wells-Hosley 

Carrie Oser, PhD, professor and vice chair of the department of behavioral science, has been selected as one of only two recipients of the 2025 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Academic Leadership Development Program (ALDP) Alumni Fellowship Award.