Dr. Mosoka P. Fallah to receive 2021 UK Alumni Global Impact Award
As stated by UK's International Center, the UK Alumni Global Impact Award "seeks to recognize alumni whose highly distinguished careers have featured significant work outside the United States that has resulted in outanding contributions to their communities or professions in global contexts, and/or who have exemplified ideals of global citizenship through the promotion of inter-cultural communication and mutual understanding, international peace and security, or responsible and sustainable international development." Dr. Mosoka P. Fallah graduated in 2011 from Dr.
Dr. Avasarala Selected to Prestigious International Panel Reviewing DMTs for MS
Jagannadha “Jay” Avasarala, MD, PhD, has been selected to represent the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) in an international group reviewing disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) for multiple sclerosis.
UK Med Student Gerek Meinhardt, Team USA Take Bronze in Foil
University of Kentucky College of Medicine student Gerek Meinhardt will bring home his second bronze medal as part of Team USA in the men's team foil competition at the delayed 2020 Olympics. The team defeated Japan 45-31. Meinhardt previously won a bronze medal in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
Congratulations to Dr. Martina Lin!
Congratulations Jordan Wean, PhD!
On Wednesday, July 28, 2021 Jordan Wean successfully defended his dissertation and earned his doctoral degree. Congratulations, Dr. Wean!
METABOLIC AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 19 IN THE DORSAL VAGAL COMPLEX
Doctoral Committee Members
Dr. Bret Smith, Department of Neuroscience, Mentor
Dr. Olivier Thibault, Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences
Dr. John McCarthy, Department of Physiology
Dr. Ken Campbell, Department of Physiology
Dr. Lisa Tannock, Department of Internal Medicine
CHET GRA Earns Research Award
Congratulations to Madeline Dunfee, a CHET graduate research assistant, who was awarded a 2021 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research. Maddie is is an MD/PhD student, and is in the fifth year of her program to earn both an MD from the College of Medicine and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the College of Public Health.
Human Development Institute Graduate Training Opportunities
The University of Kentucky Human Development Institute is leading a five year Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau in partnership with the University of Louisville and Eastern Kentucky University. LEND programs share the overall mission of improving the health of infants, children and adolescents with, or at risk for, neurodevelopmental and related disabilities including autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Request for Applications: UK Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Development Project
UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health, UnitedHealthcare Honor 1st Community Health Worker Program Graduates
The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CERH) and UnitedHealthcare honored Perry County students Jazmen Fugate and Jayla Ledford for becoming the first two certified community health workers (CHW) as part of the Students Striving Toward Better Health in Self and Community initiative.
UK Study Reveals Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein
A new University of Kentucky College of Medicine study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry provides foundational information about SARS-CoV-2’s spike protein.
The spike protein is found on the surface of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and is responsible for its entry into host cells. Because of this function, it is the focus of most COVID-19 vaccines including the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines.
