People Behind Our Research: Ann Stowe and Understanding Stroke Recovery
University of Kentucky College of Medicine researcher Ann Stowe describes her career path as nontraditional. After earning a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, Stowe decided to pursue graduate study in biomedical research instead of art history.
Today, the associate professor in UK’s Department of Neurology studies how the brain recovers from stroke. The same passion for creativity that attracted Stowe to studying the arts is what drives her in the laboratory.
Dr. Stoops Elected President of National Group Dedicated to Addressing Drug Abuse
William W. Stoops, PhD, professor within the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, has been elected as president of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), the longest standing group in the U.S. dedicated to addressing issues of drug dependence and abuse.
New to America and Facing a Rare Condition, Patient Credits UK for Regaining Ability to Walk
Being unable to walk and unable to provide for his family is not the American dream Gregorie Mbuyi imagined when moving his family to Kentucky from the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2015.
“I was feeling shocked,” explained Mbuyi with the help of a translator.
Shocked because the pain and discomfort he initially likened to heartburn were aggressively spreading through his abdomen and down his right leg – he lived like this for about two years. The husband and father of five losing the ability to walk on his own, eventually also lost his ability to work.
Request for Applications: Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health and the UK CCTS Community Engagement and Research Program are requesting applications for the 2020 Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky (CLIK). CLIK is a 4-week intensive leadership development training program offered in Hazard, Kentucky. It is designed to enhance research and capacity-building competencies in community leaders, senior staff, directors and administrators.
UK HEALTHCARE: No disease too hard to swallow with endocrine surgeon Dr. Lee
February 4, 2020 / In Our People / By UK HealthCare
Cortney Y. Lee, MD, FACS, is a surgeon at UK HealthCare with advanced training in endocrine surgery. She has special expertise in thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal surgery. Dr. Lee took some time to chat with us about the glands you might not even know you have as well as the peace of mind she’s after for her patients.
20-Year-Old Health Sciences Grad Student Makes Her Dreams Wildly Possible
Ana Stone is an achiever. At only 20-years-old, she’s already graduated with her bachelor’s degree in medical laboratory science and is now a member of the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences' Physician Assistant Studies Class of 2022.
Dr. John Lyons, Director of Center for Innovation in Population Health, Highlighted in UKNow
New College of Medicine Faculty Member Puts Inclusion at the Forefront
Dr. Stephanie White is the new UK College of Medicine Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion. Pete Comparoni l UK Photo
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 5, 2020) – Becoming a medical student, from any walk of life, is an unprecedented change. There is a need to understand the particular culture of medical school, and a need for an individual to help students with that task.
Publications for the month of January 2020
The Department started the year with twelve publications listed in PubMed for the month of January 2020.
1: Wei M, Haney MG, Rivas DR, Blackburn JS. Protein tyrosine phosphatase 4A3 (PTP4A3/PRL-3) drives migration and progression of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in vitro and in vivo. Oncogenesis. 2020 Jan 30;9(1):6. doi: 10.1038/s41389-020-0192-5. PubMed PMID: 32001668; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6992623.
