Dr. Alison Woodworth Named President of AACC Academy!
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine congratulates Dr. Alison Woodworth on her election to President of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Academy beginning in August, 2021. The AACC Academy is a distinguished division of the AACC consisting of the academically and scientifically engaged members of the organization.
College of Medicine honors four from Department of Surgery in belated 2019-20 Academic Convocation Awards
The COVID-19 pandemic may have forced a delay in awarding academic honors for the 2019-20 Academic Convocation, but it did not diminish the accomplishments of UK College of Medicine faculty, residents, and students during that challenging academic year. An announcement of award winners in medical education, released in April 2021, included three UK Department of Surgery faculty and a general surgery resident.
Recording Available: Promoting Maternal Health Equity
A recording of CHET's April 19, 2021 National Minority Health Month event, "Promoting Maternal Health Equity: A Panel Discussion" is available below. We are grateful to our panelists, moderator, and those who attended and engaged with us.
Archived, this event took place in 2021, 13th Annual Mind Matters Health Fair
Registration is now open for our Annual Mind Matters Health Fair.
This year's event will be held virtually.
"Inducible Depletion of Calpain-2 Mitigates Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Mice"
Inducible Depletion of Calpain-2 Mitigates Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Mice
Latha Muniappan, Michihiro Okuyama, Aida Javidan, Devi Thiagarajan, Weihua Jiang, Jessica J. Moorleghen, Lihua Yang, Anju Balakrishnan, Deborah A. Howatt, Haruhito A. Uchida, Takaomi C. Saido, Venkateswaran Subramanian
Originally published25 Mar 2021https://doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.315546Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. ;0:ATVBAHA.120.315546
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UK Otolaryngology Hosts Cadaver Course
CHET Call for RA Applications - Deadline 5/3/21
The Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET, https://chet.med.uky.edu/) welcomes applications for a graduate research assistantship focused on innovative, transdisciplinary and impactful health equities research. CHET’s focal research involves preventing and improving outcomes from cancer, substance use, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes/obesity in vulnerable, traditionally underserved populations.
4/20/21 - Outside the Margins: Queer and Trans People of Color and the Pandemic
Drug Derived from Kentucky-Grown Plant Shows Promise for Ovarian Cancer Treatment, Study Shows
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2021) – A new study from University of Kentucky Markey Cancer researchers shows that Artemisia annua, a plant that has been traditionally used for its anti-malaria components, shows promise in treating ovarian cancer.
Life After Vaccination: UK Experts Share Personal Stories and Recommendations
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2021) – We are to a point now that seemed nearly impossible one year ago – having millions vaccinated against COVID-19.
Thanks to the hard work and dedication of UK HealthCare and University of Kentucky employees and volunteers, hundreds of thousands of emergency authorized vaccines have been distributed to Kentuckians. The COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Kroger Field surpassed 200,000 vaccines in the beginning of April.
