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.
CHET Speaker Series: Jessica Thompson, M.Ed.
Dr. Daret St. Clair Awarded the IOWA Medicine Alumni Award for Achievement
Dr. Daret St. Clair was nominated and selected as the recipient of the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Distinguished Alumna Award for Achievement for her pioneering work in molecular biology and free radical biology, and for her efforts as a mentor and role model to the next generation of cancer biologists.
New College of Medicine Faculty Member Puts Inclusion at the Forefront
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.
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine prides itself in educating future physicians and scientists with the goal of providing innovative research and excellent patient care to the Commonwealth. Meeting that goal requires the acknowledgement that diverse perspectives provide better outcomes.
Symposium to Explore Women's Heart Health
More than 4,800 women die each year from heart disease in Kentucky. Across the United States, women are dying every 80 seconds from cardiovascular disease and stroke, which they are less likely to survive than men.
These staggering statistics are what keep two University of Kentucky faculty members pushing for more research and funding in the field of women’s heart health.
Dr. Sam Tyagi earns research award from national Vascular Surgery society
Dr. Sam Tyagi, a member of the Vascular Surgery faculty in the UK Department of Surgery, was named the recipient of the 2020 Early Career Faculty Research Award from the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) on February 1.
Dr. Tyagi’s research proposal, “The Effect of Phosphodiasterase Inhibitors on BAPN-Induced Aortic Dissection,” was recognized for its potential to “understand the influence of various medication effects on changes in the pathology of [aortic] aneurysms.”
