LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 12, 2021) — The University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES), in partnership with the Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH), recently announced the nominees and the winner of the 2021 Community Engagement Award in Environmental Health.
Congratulations to our students on passing their qualifying exam!
The Department of Toxicology & Cancer Biology would like to congratulate all of our students that recently passed their qualifying exams!
From left to right:
Caitlin Miller (Mentor: Dr. Luksana Chaiswing)
Kassie Naughton (Mentors: Dr. Christine Brainson and Dr. Haining Zhu)
Hannah Daniels (Mentor: Dr. Eva Goellner)
Kristen Miller (Mentor: Dr. Eva Goellner)
Aziza Alshahrani (Mentor: Dr. Qiou Wei)
Na Ding (Mentor: Dr. Qiou Wei)
Xinyi Wang (Mentor: Dr. Xiaoqi Liu)
Katelyn Jones (Mentor: Dr. Xiaoqi Liu)
Courtney Kelson (Mentor: Dr. Kate Zaytseva)
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Dr. Luke Bradley Named Acting Chair of Neuroscience
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is pleased to announce that Luke Bradley, PhD, has accepted the position of acting chair of the department of neuroscience, effective Aug. 1.
Dr. Bradley, a University of Kentucky Chellgren Endowed Professor, has served in the College of Medicine for nearly 15 years researching the discovery and development of peptide- and protein-based platforms for biotherapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases. He also touts more than 20 years of STEM education experience.
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UK Experts Tackle Delta Variant Questions
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 19, 2021) — As the SARS-CoV-2 delta variant continues to spread across the United States and hospitals’ COVID-positive intake numbers climb again, many questions remain around both vaccine effectiveness and vaccination rates, and what these numbers could mean moving into the fall.
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Archived event from 2021 - "Forget Me Not" Virtual Play & Panel Discussion
You are invited to join us on Sunday, August 1st at 4:00 pm EDT, for this virtual community showing of the play, "Forget Me Not", with a panel discussion to follow. Register today at https://bit.ly/SandersBrownForgetMeNot or call 859-323-0142 with any questions regarding this event.
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Dr. Leo Yenwongfai selected for "NAME Case of the Week"
Five days after presenting an interesting autopsy case at weekly Follow-up Conference, Dr. Yenwongfai submitted the case to the National Association of Medical Examiners’ “Case of the Week” series and was accepted the same day! Congratulations and excellent work Leo!
https://www.thename.org/
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UK Honors Alumnus Whose Gift Will Transform Medical Education in Kentucky
Dr. Michael D. Rankin, a 1980 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, was honored today for his monumental $22 million gift commitment that will transform medical education in Kentucky.
Rankin’s gift is the second-largest single gift in university history and will support scholarships in the College of Medicine and the construction of a new health education building.
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Recent Study Identifies 11 Candidate Genetic Variants for Alzheimer’s Disease
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 13, 2021) — A recently published study co-authored by University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging researcher Justin Miller, Ph.D., identifies 11 rare candidate variants for Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers found 19 different families in Utah that suffered from Alzheimer’s disease more frequently than what is considered normal.
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Center Advisory Board Member Dr. Beverly May Receives 2021 Community Engagement Award
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Center Leader Dr. Wayne Sanderson Receives 2021 UK Great Teacher Award
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 6, 2021) — Six of the University of Kentucky’s passionate and accomplished educators were surprised earlier this spring by student nominators and the University of Kentucky Alumni Association as 2021 Great Teacher Award recipients.
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Publications for the month of June 2021
The Department had twelve publications listed in PubMed for the month of June 2021.
1: Jin H, Moseley HNB. Hierarchical Harmonization of Atom-Resolved Metabolic Reactions across Metabolic Databases. Metabolites. 2021 Jun 30;11(7):431. doi: 10.3390/metabo11070431. PMID: 34209357.
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