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UK HealthCare Celebrates 60 Years of Service to the Commonwealth
Congratulations Zach Winder, PhD
On April 22, 2022, Zach Winder sucessfully defended his dissertation and earned his doctoral degree.
Evaluating the Relationship Between Plasma Biomarkers and Dementia using Hierarchical Clustering Analysis and Linear Modeling
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Ryan Temel, PhD
Erin Abner, PhD
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Rob Brooks is from Bedford, Ky., a town of fewer than 600 people in Trimble County. He grew up knowing that rural areas like his hometown are typically underserved in regards to health care, so he planned to become a doctor who could be part of the solution.
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HEAL Update: Study Making Impact in WAVE 1 Communities
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2022) — More than two years into the University of Kentucky’s $87 million HEALing Communities Study (HCS) to address the opioid epidemic in Kentucky, it is possible to see the life-changing impacts it has already made in the eight counties of the study’s first wave.