LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 18, 2020) — The University of Kentucky Office for Institutional Diversity recognized a student, faculty member and college department recently with the 2020 Inclusive Excellence Recognition Awards.
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.
UK Ophthalmologist Writes Article Highlighting Limited and Inconsistent Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Scientific Literature
Dr. Daniel Moore, from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, recently conducted a study looking at the frequency and use of racial and ethnic data in ophthalmology literature published throughout 2019. He wrote an article outlining his findings which was published in The Journal of the American Medical Association: Ophthalmology.
Moore says the description of racial and ethnic data in human trials is relatively unregulated which can lead to confusion and inconsistent reporting.
Artemisia Annua Could Be Promising Treatment for COVID-19
Recent lab studies by chemists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Potsdam, Germany) in close collaboration with virologists at Freie Universität Berlin have shown that extract from the medicinal plant Artemisia annua, also known as Sweet Wormwood, is active against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new potential treatment has been added to the University of Kentucky’s innovative clinical trial for experimental COVID-19 therapies, which was launched by leaders from UK’s Markey Cancer Center, College of Medicine and College of Pharmacy in May.
Circadian Disruption With Constant Light Exposure Exacerbates Atherosclerosis in Male ApolipoproteinE-deficient Mice
Recent Faculty Publication: "Mixture and Concentration Effects on Odorant Receptor Response Patterns In Vivo"
Timothy S McClintock, Qiang Wang, Tomoko Sengoku, William B Titlow, Patrick Breheny, Mixture and Concentration Effects on Odorant Receptor Response Patterns In Vivo, Chemical Senses, , bjaa032, https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjaa032
UK collaborative team receives funding to refurbish and provide essential medical equipment in rural Kentucky
Jun 18, 2020
Apply Now for Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Program
The Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Program in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine is accepting applications to fill one position. Applications are due July 17, 2020.
Innovation in Surgery Research Fund names inaugural recipients at annual Teaching Awards program
The first recipients of the Zwischenberger-Rounsavall Fund for Innovation in Surgical Research and Education were announced during the annual presentation of the Department of Surgery Teaching Awards on Wednesday morning, June 10. Dr. William B. Inabnet III, Department Chair, and Dr. Jay Zwischenberger, former department chair and the fund’s sponsor, were co-presenters of the fund’s inaugural year.
Alpacas Could be the Secret Weapon Against COVID-19
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 18, 2020) — Alpacas Big Boy, Blue Eyes and Emperor may hold the key to combating COVID-19. Their antibodies could offer a defense against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease.
University of Kentucky College of Medicine researchers are using the special antibodies made by alpacas, called nanobodies, to help understand the novel coronavirus and potentially develop a treatment that could protect people from being infected.
UK-CARES Career Development Program Leader Dr. Kevin Pearson Receives Inclusive Excellence Recognition Award
