UKnow: Successful Carotid Artery Surgery Propels Patient Back to Healthy Exercise Routine
By Mallory Olson
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Lanny Evans is 71 years old, but you wouldn’t know it. She looks years younger and credits that to eating healthy and staying active – she loves swimming laps and doing yoga.
“I choose not to be an old person,” she said. “I’m happier that way.”
Dr. James Ziliak, CHET Core Faculty Member, Co-Edits Special Issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Dr. Patrick Kitzman, CHET Core Faculty Member, Receives Outstanding Advocacy Award
UKnow: Markey Patient, Culinary Author Enjoying Life 'One Bite at a Time'
By Allison Perry
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For culinary author Maureen Cavanaugh Berry, food is life.
Publications for the month of November, 2019
In November the Department had seven new publications listed in PubMed.
1: Li H, Li J, Han R, Deng X, Shi J, Huang H, Hamad N, McCaughley A, Liu J, Wang C, Chen K, Wei D, Qiang J, Thatcher S, Wu Y, Liu C, Thibault O, Wei X, Chen S, Qian H, Zhou BP, Xu P, Yang XH. Deletion of tetraspanin CD151 alters the Wnt oncogene-induced mammary tumorigenesis: A cell type-linked function and signaling. Neoplasia. 2019 Nov 26;21(12):1151-1163. doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2019.08.005. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31783316.
Dr. Subbarao Bondada named 2019 AAAS Fellow
Our own Dr. Subba Bondada has been elected to the rank of AAAS Fellow in the Section on Medical Sciences by the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
From Dr. Bondada's award letter: Each year the Council elects members whose “efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished.” On behalf of the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, I am very pleased to inform you of your election to the rank of AAAS Fellow.
Congratulations Dr. Bondada!
College of Medicine professor appointed to Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education's Faculty Advisory Network
Luke H. Bradley, PhD, Chellgren Endowed Professor in the department of neuroscience, was recently selected by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education as a member of its newly-established Faculty Advisory Network.
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Dr. Nancy Webb Honored for Contributions to Cardiovascular Science and Medicine
By Elizabeth Chapin
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 19, 2019) — University of Kentucky Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Nancy Webb, Ph.D., has been honored by the American Heart Association with the Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB) Distinguished Achievement Award.
The ATVB Council engages scientists and clinicians working to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. This annual accolade recognizes a member who has made major contributions to the council and substantial professional contributions to the field.
