LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 26, 2020) — Over the past several months, schools across the country have been forced to make difficult decisions about whether and how to return to the classroom.
At what point will it be safe?
Inabnet named surgeon-in-chief of UK HealthCare
By Kim Klimek
He will work to enhance the medical education experience and serve as a liaison between leadership and the surgery team.
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine and UK HealthCare are pleased to announce that William Barlow (Barry) Inabnet III, MD, MHA, FACS, the Johnston-Wright endowed professor and chair of surgery, will take on an additional role as surgeon-in-chief of UK HealthCare.
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DTCB Graduate Student and Post-Doctoral Scholar Fellowship Opportunities
The Department of Toxicology & Cancer Biology is excited to announce internal Graduate Student and Post-Doctoral Scholar Fellowship Opportunities for the Spring 2021 semester. All current graduate students and post-doctoral scholars in the department are eligible and encouraged to apply. Please review the attached documents regarding the award categories and criteria. The submission deadline for all opportunities is November 30, 2020.
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Center Director's Vaping Links To COVID-19 Risk In Teens And Young Adults Featured on NPR
Vaping is linked to a substantially increased risk of COVID-19 among teenagers and young adults, according to a new study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. As part of our ongoing COVID-19 coverage, Dr. Greg Davis talks about the study with Ellen Hahn, Marcia A. Drake Professor in the UK College of Nursing and Public Health, and Director of BREATHE including the Tobacco Policy Division, the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy (KCSP), and the Radon Policy Division.
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Dr. Desai and new intern, Dr. Saran Pillai publish article in emDocs
UK Researchers Study COVID-19 and Decision-Making for Reopening Schools
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UKnow: Evers Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Dr. B. Mark Evers, professor of surgery in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and director of the UK Markey Cancer Center, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
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Dr. Matthew Bush Highlights Positive Experience in UK College of Medicine's PhD Program in CTS
Matthew Bush, MD, PhD, MBA, is an experienced clinician, academic leader, and researcher. While he has been directly involved in health care and academia throughout his career, he credits the progress of his research career to a program he completed at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine while serving as a faculty member.
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Register for the 10th Annual Markesbery Symposium
The UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, a world leader in Alzheimer's research and community outreach, will hold its 10th annual Markesbery Symposium. There will be a community session and scientific session, each held via Zoom.
Community Session
Keynote:
Maria Carrillo, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, National Alzheimer's Association
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020
9:55 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Register Here
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UKnow: Kentucky Children’s Hospital and Cincinnati Children’s Joint Heart Program opens outreach clinic in Ashland
By Emily Domer, UKNow.
Click Here for UKnow Story
UK HealthCare's Kentucky Children’s Hospital and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Joint Heart Program is opening an outreach clinic at PrimaryPlus-Ashland. Beginning Oct. 9, pediatric cardiologists Louis Bezold III and Bradley Keller will see pediatric and adult congenital heart patients patients on the second and fourth Fridays of every month.
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Celebrate Halloween Safely
If trick-or-treating is permitted in your community, please trick-or-treat the safe way. Kentucky Public Health is offering guidance that is designed to help curb the spread of COVID-19. It will be reassessed and updated as the situation evolves and more is learned in the weeks leading up to Halloween.
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