PLAY VIDEODr. Daniel O. Lee, Kentucky Neuroscience Institute Medical Director, explains how he found a solution to cure a case of encephalitis, a swelling in the brain, caused by COVID-19

Shelby Ponder thought her bout with COVID-19 was nothing to write home about: her mild, strep-like symptoms cleared up in a few days.

LEX_01-Encephalitis03521md.jpg
LEX_01-Encephalitis03521md.jpg

Chi Peng is a graduate student in the Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBS) program at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine seeking a PhD in pharmacology. She shares her path to graduate school and how her work in IBS will prepare her for her future career in research.

Q: Can you tell us a little about yourself?

Chi Peng pic.JPG
Chi Peng pic.JPG

Early into her research career at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Tianyan Gao, PhD, says mentorship was vital to her success. Now, as a professor and co-principal investigator of a team supported by the college’s Alliance Research Initiative, she is able to mentor the next generation of researchers who are working to find solutions for one of Kentucky’s major health issues.

_DSC3551_Gao2.jpg
_DSC3551_Gao2.jpg

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 15, 2021) — Throughout the past few years, the University of Kentucky’s Department of Neurology has experienced tremendous growth. As part of this growth, the Child Neurology division outgrew its clinic space within the Kentucky Clinic.

Turfland Registration 1.jpg
Turfland Registration 1.jpg

The 13th Annual Hardin Award was presented to Taylor Valentino, a graduate student in John McCarthy's lab, on March 11, 2021.

IMG_20210311_153237538.jpg
IMG_20210311_153237538.jpg

University of Kentucky HealthCare is proud to announce the opening of the new state of the art Radiology Interventional Services!

 

 

Ribbon cutting of New Interventional Suite_0.jpg
Ribbon cutting of New Interventional Suite_0.jpg
colleagues and friends posing for picture with Dr. Bill Young at the retirement dinner
colleagues and friends posing for picture with Dr. Bill Young at the retirement dinner

CHET is pleased to partner with the College of Public Health and the Center for Innovation in Population Health for the next virtual event in their series on creating an anti-racist culture in academia. Chandra L. Ford, Ph.D. Professor of Community Health Sciences, and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health at the UCLA Jonathan & Karin Fielding School of Public Health. Dr.

Dr Ford Flyer.jpg
Dr Ford Flyer.jpg

CHET is excited to share that the Substance Use Priority Research Area (SUPRA) is hosting Dr. Alice Cepeda from the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work on March 18th at 1:00pm.

Dr. Cepeda focuses on the social epidemiology of drug use and the related health risk behaviors affecting urban Mexican-origin populations.

cepeda_flyer.png
cepeda_flyer.png