The University of Kentucky Public Relations & Strategic Communications Office provides a weekly health column available for use and reprint by news media. This week's column is by Dr. Larry Goldstein, chair of the Department of Neurology, Co-director of the Kentucky Neuroscience Institute, and Interim director of the UK-Norton Stroke Care Network.
Dr. Nancy Schoenberg Invited to Present at NIH Behavioral and Social Science Research Festival
Nancy Schoenberg, PhD, professor of behavioral science and director of the Center for Health Equity Transformation, has been invited to present her research at the Behavioral and Social Science Research Festival.
The festival, which will be held virtually, will take place 1-4 p.m. EST on Dec. 1-2, 2020, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of The Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Williams Named Assistant Director for Cancer Health Equity at Markey
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 10, 2020) – The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has appointed Lovoria Williams, Ph.D., as assistant director for cancer health equity, a newly created position within the Markey leadership structure.
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Drs. Reid & Labrada Honored at Emergency Services Awards Day
The Effects of COVID-19 on the Nervous System By Larry B. Goldstein, MD
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Publications for the month of October 2020
The Department had seven publications listed in PubMed for the month of October 2020.
1: Thamban Chandrika N, Dennis EK, Brubaker KR, Kwiatkowski S, Watt DS, Garneau-Tsodikova S. Broad-Spectrum Antifungal Agents: Fluorinated Aryl- and Heteroaryl-Substituted Hydrazones. ChemMedChem. 2020 Oct 16. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202000626. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33063957.
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Congratulations to Dr. Nathalia Vitoria Pereira Araujo on a Successful Defense!
Dr. Nathalia Vitoria Pereira Araujo has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on 11/4/20. Congratulations to her mentor, Dr. Vivek Rangnekar, and her committee members. Special thanks to our outside examiner, Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Latif.
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Award-winning Anchor Juju Chang to Discuss Unconscious Bias in UK Virtual Event
Unconscious Bias: Anti-Asian Bashing in the Age of COVID
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020
4:30 p.m.
Zoom
Speaker: Juju Chang, Emmy Award-winning co-anchor for ABC Nightline and Good Morning America.
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Kentucky Neuroscience Institute Leading the Way in New Treatment Improving Quality of Life for Complex Epilepsy Patients
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 4, 2020) – In America, 3.5 million people have epilepsy. Approximately one in 26 people in the United States will develop epilepsy at some point in their lifetime. In Kentucky, more than 2% of the population is living with this neurologic condition characterized by unpredictable seizures.
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College of Medicine Pride Week Encourages 'Lasting Culture of LGBTQ* Support and Visibility'
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 2, 2020) — The University of Kentucky College of Medicine celebrated the LGBTQ* community this fall during its first annual Pride Week, made possible through a collaboration among the college’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, its newly established LGBTQ* Advisory Committee, and the UK medPRIDE student organization.
The UK College of Medicine hosted four days of events that gathered feedback, shared important local resources, and displayed the college’s commitment to continued progress toward inclusivity.
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Multi-Million Dollar Multidisciplinary Grant Supports Advancement of Epilepsy Research
LEXINGTON, KY. (Oct. 27, 2020) — A $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is supporting a multidisciplinary team of University of Kentucky researchers in continuing their work to find therapeutic strategies to resolve neurovascular inflammation and repair blood-brain barrier dysfunction in epilepsy.
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