Call for Diabetes Collaborative Pilot & Feasibility Awards - Deadline September 11, 2020
The University of Kentucky—Washington University Diabetes Research Center released a call for Collaborative Pilot & Feasibility Awards. Grants of up to $40,000 for one year will be awarded.
Grants must be submitted to Dr. Philip Kern (philipkern@uky.edu) by 5pm on September 11, 2020. The anticipated funding start date is December 1, 2020.
Sanders-Brown Researcher Receives Grant Supported by Rotary Clubs to Further Dementia Studies
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 8, 2020) - A grant recently received by Maj-Linda B. Selenica, assistant professor at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA), is helping further collaborative research efforts. The $125,000 grant comes from The CART Fund. CART (Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust) is a grassroots effort by Rotary Club members throughout the country to provide cutting edge research to help find a cure for Alzheimer’s.
Dr. Sarah D’Orazio receives “Excellent Research Mentor Award”
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah D’Orazio who was a recipient for this year’s University-wide “Excellent Research Mentor Award”. Dr. D’Orazio has worked to cultivate the careers of numerous graduate, undergraduate, and High School Students. This award reflects her commitment and success in supporting the teaching and research missions of MIMG.
Publications for the month of June 2020
The Department had seven publications listed in PubMed for the month of June 2020.
Surgery chair unveils department re-organization, new divisions, and leadership
By Josh Shepherd
With the beginning of a new academic year this July, Dr. William B. Inabnet III, The Johnston-Wright Endowed Professor and Chair of Surgery implemented a re-organization of the UK Department of Surgery that expands its divisional structure, reflecting the significant growth the department has experienced over the last decade.
UK Faculty, Students Refurbish and Provide Medical Equipment in Rural Kentucky
Roughly one in seven Americans live with a disability that impacts daily mobility. The average cost of a wheelchair ranges from $500 to $2,000 without insurance, seriously curbing access to this essential equipment for patients who lack proper coverage. The University of Kentucky’s Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) in Hazard is working to bridge this gap for Kentucky patients through a project that repairs and redistributes used medical equipment to communities in need.
UK Research Could Pave Way for Noonan-like Syndrome Treatment
A University of Kentucky College of Medicine researcher has been awarded $1.9 million to continue research examining molecular pathogenesis of Noonan-like syndrome.
Emilia Galperin, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry, was awarded a prestigious R35 Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences that will fund her lab’s research over the next five years.
Normal human cell growth is controlled by complex signaling pathways, and errors in these signal transmissions can have serious consequences inclu
Office of Medical Education Announces New Student Affairs Positions
In an effort to further enhance the development of our medical students’ professionalism, well-being, and social opportunities throughout their educational experience, the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Office of Medical Education has selected four faculty and staff members to serve in specialized leadership roles within student affairs, creating two new positions in the process.
Michelle Lineberry, EdD, will serve as associate dean for student affairs, which is now a 100-percent FTE position to facilitate the cohesive and seamless provision of student services.
It’s Not Just Alzheimer’s Disease: Sanders-Brown Research Highlights Form of Severe Dementia
The long-running study on aging and brain health at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) Alzheimer’s Disease Center has once again resulted in important new findings – highlighting a complex and under-recognized form of dementia. The work was recently published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA): Neurology.
“One of the things that we’ve learned in the last decade or so is that a lot of people that we think have dementia from Alzheimer’s disease, actually don’t.
TeleCare Through UK's Barnstable Brown Diabetes Clinic Helping Patients Succeed During Ongoing Pandemic
Jill Blake’s diabetes journey began when she was 11 years old.
“It was 1982," she said. "I was in the 7th grade, and I began experiencing all of the classic signs and symptoms of Type 1 diabetes.”
Back then, she says the disease was not prominent in her small hometown tucked away in the hills of southeastern Kentucky. She remembers very few people in Middlesboro having knowledge of it, and she had no one in her family with diabetes.
