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.

The Neuroscience Research Priority Area’s 10thannual Neuroscience Clinical-Translational Research Symposium will be Nov. 6-7 in the Healthy Kentucky Research Building. 

Register for the symposium online. 

By Hilary Brown 
 

When Shelia Binion went to UK St. Claire for a lung biopsy, it happened to be on her birthday.  

The UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging celebrates its 40th Anniversary as a National Institute on Aging Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) this year! 

The University of Kentucky’s Substance Use Priority Research Area (SUPRA) will host the Rising Stars Symposium to highlight different perspectives in research on substance use disorders.

The symposium will be 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, in the Healthy Kentucky Research Building (HKRB) Room 150.

When Carlie Cryer, a second-year medical student at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine-Lexington Campus, discovered the International Book Project (IBP), she was searching for a meaningful way to give back to the community.  

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine proudly congratulates 173 medical students across our four campuses for earning academic achievement awards during the 2024-2025 academic year.

The 15th annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia, an educational event for both the scientific community and the public, will take place Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2025. The scientific session will be held at the Gatton Student Center at the University of Kentucky, and the community session will be held at the Central Bank Center. The community session is free and open to the public.

Brandon Stockton says his most memorable moment as a University of Kentucky basketball player came after a crucial game-winning steal against Tennessee in 2006, when he shared a celebratory chest bump with Coach Tubby Smith that went viral.

Breakthroughs in neuroscience are happening at the University of Kentucky’s Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC), where researchers are working to turn discovery into new therapies for people living with spinal cord and brain injuries.

This spring, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) recognized University of Kentucky College of Medicine researcher Robert “Nate” Helsley, PhD, with the 2025 Walter Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research. This distinction highlights his exceptional contributions to the field and his promise as a leader in advancing scientific discovery. 

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine has launched a new Student Advisory Board (SAB) to ensure student voices are not only heard but valued in shaping the medical education experience.