On October 28, 2019, The College of Arts and Sciences Sociology Department is hosting its first visiting scholar as part of its Social Inequalities Lecture Series. Dr. Micah Johnson is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida. The title of his lecture is "Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Opioid Misuse and other Factors Associated with Polysubstance Misuse: A Statewide Sample of Adolescents in the Florida Juvenile Justice System" Dr. Johnson's lecture will take place on October 28, 2019 at 11:00am in the Lexmark Room of the Main Building (209)
Becky Parsley fights forest fires. In the almost 10 years since she began full time work as a firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service, she's been on the fire lines in 11 states, including her beloved Kentucky where she was born. She's wielded chainsaws and performed aerial ignition operations – starting controlled fires from helicopters to thin out forests at high risk of wildfires. But the scariest time in her life had nothing to do with fires. Becky and her husband were ready to welcome their first child.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 20,2019) –In a new National Library of Medicine-funded study, "Integrating Information Resources to Promote Environmental Health Literacy in Appalachian Kentucky", a multidisciplinary research team from the UK Colleges of Public Health (CPH) and Engineering (CoE), the School of Human Environmental Sciences (HES), and the Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute (KWRRI) will engage Eastern Kentucky residents in evaluating, synthesizing, and improving existing environmental health information for the region.

Eleven presenters participated in the 3 Minute Thesis Competition at the Fifth Annual Infectious Diseases Research Day held on October 17, 2019.

From left to right:

3rd place is Taylor Lundy, Graduate Student in Dr. Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova's lab in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

2nd place is Gabrielle Keb, Graduate Student in Dr. Ken Fields' lab in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics

The University of Kentucky Gill Heart and Vascular Institute is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Gill Awards. This year’s awards include the Early Career Award and the Outstanding Contributions to Cardiovascular Research. Nominations including self-nominations will be accepted until December 6, 2019. Award eligibility details along with the nomination form can be accessed by clicking here.

Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2019 Oct 9. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00380.2019.

For two years, University of Kentucky researcher April Young and her team have been onsite in Eastern Kentucky working with community members to assess and gather information on substance use in rural communities for a project known as Kentucky Communities and Researchers Engaging to Halt the Opioid Epidemic, or CARE2HOPE.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine hosted its annual Academic Convocation and Awards Day on Friday, Oct. 11, recognizing excellence from dozens of students and faculty members in areas such as scholastic achievement, professionalism, dedication, and commitment to service.

Congratulations to Martina Lin (Mentor: Dr. Chengfeng Yang), Stephanie Bryant Rock (Mentor: Dr. Mark Evers), Chaohao Li (Mentor: Dr. Xiaoqi Liu), Nick Howard (Mentor: Dr. Isabel Mellon) and Tanner DuCote (Mentor: Dr. Christine Brainson) for successfully passing their qualifying exam. Thank you to all of the faculty who served on the committees and for their continued support.