Meredith Landorf, MD, recently began a leadership role as assistant dean for the University of Kentucky College of Medicine-Northern Kentucky Campus. Through this position she will oversee and build upon the third- and fourth-year clerkships while promoting the regional campus’s mission of educating physicians in Kentucky for Kentucky. Dr. Landorf is also a practicing physician in Edgewood, Ky.

Xiaoquin (Jennifer) Wang, MD, from the Division of Women’s imaging has arranged a research agreement with an artificial intelligence company, Bunkerhill Medical. BunkerHill is a Y Combinator-backed startup out of Stanford University’s Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging (AIMI) center.

Responsible Conduct of Research or RCR is, according to an NIH definition, "the practice of scientific investigation with integrity. It involves the awareness and application of established professional norms and ethical principles for all activities related to scientific research." Our Vice President of Research, Lisa Cassis, has mandated that all faculty and students who, in anyway, are involved in research take this training. Similarly, Robert S. DiPaola, MD, Dean of the College of Medicine also has asked faculty and trainees to take this training.

The FINDERS Alliance team combines clinical experts in Epilepsy, the analysis of EEG waveform, and neuroimaging. It brings together energetic and ambitous faculty from multiple departments and even from multiple colleges within our university. The FINDERS alliance team is ably lead by Brian Gold, PhD from the department of Neuroscience and Meriem Bensalem Owen, MD from the department of Neurology. Dr. Gold is an experienced researcher who leads an active research effort using advanced MR imaging techniques to study Alzheimer's disease. Dr.

On Friday, September 18th, 2020, the Department of Radiology hosted David A. Bluemke, MD, PhD and Jeffrey S. Klein, MD,  the editors of Radiology and Radiographics respectively. Drs. Bluemke and Klein came to our department, via zoom, as part of the RSNA visiting editors program. Originally they were to visit us in March just at the start of travel restrictions imposed by the surging COVID-19 epidemic and their visit was cancelled.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 17, 2020) — A new University of Kentucky College of Medicine study may provide answers for why so many COVID-19 patients experience thrombosis, or the formation of blood clots that obstruct blood flow through the circulatory system.

As part of CHET’s speaker series, Dr. Edith Williams will be providing a virtual research talk, “"Lupus Out Loud: Journey Into a Health Disparity” Tuesday September 29th from 11:00-12:00 via Zoom. You can register here: http://bit.ly/CHET_EVENT

The Dean's CORE Scholarship Fund helps ensure our medical students can follow their passion without the added burden of a higher debt load upon graduation. The University of Kentucky College of Medicine will dedicate One Day for UK, the University of Kentucky's annual 24-hour day of giving, to supporting these important scholarships on Sept. 16. To learn more about how you can help this year, click here.

April Hatcher, PhD, is an associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Neuroscience and was recently named chair of Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS), an organization facilitating networking and mentorship opportunities to support career advancement for women.