Faculty of Color Network Hosts First Gala to Celebrate Diversity in Medicine
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine hosted its first annual Faculty of Color Network gala on Friday, Oct. 18. The gala, themed Undeniable, Uncompromising, Unstoppable: Celebrating Diversity in Medicine and the Community, was held at The Campbell House in Lexington, Ky.
BLOG: Training Kentucky Students in Cancer Research to Impact Communities
This Saturday student researchers in the Markey Cancer Center’s Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION) program will be recognized on Kroger field. The ACTION program reveals how the University of Kentucky, as a research-intensive university, can help students see what’s possible in their own careers and inspire them to impact their communities.
The Medical Center at Bowling Green Joins UK’s Organ Failure and Transplant Network
Sociology Department Lecture Series - Dr. Micah Johnson
Forest Firefighter's "Scariest Day" Wasn't on the Fire Line
Pilot Grantee Dr. Anna Hoover and Team Receive National Library of Medicine Grant to Improve Environmental Health Information and Literacy in Eastern Kentucky
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.
Congratulations to the 3MT Winners at the 2019 Infectious Diseases Research Day
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
Now Accepting Applications for the 2020 Gill Awards
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.
Recent Faculty Publication: "Phosphorylation of eIF4E is dispensable for skeletal muscle hypertrophy"
New $4.2 Million Grant Helps UK, Ky. Communities Battle Opioid Epidemic
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.
