Patricia G. Wilson, Joel C. Thompson, Preetha Shridas, Patrick J. McNamara, Maria C. de Beer*, Frederick C. de Beer*, Nancy R. Webb*, Lisa R. Tannock* Objective— SAA (serum amyloid A) is a family of acute-phase reactants that have proinflammatory and proatherogenic activities. SAA is more lipophilic than apoA-I (apolipoprotein A-I), and during an acute-phase response, 10% of plasma SAA is found lipid-free.
Brittany Smalls, PhD, CHSR Faculty Member, recently received funding for her K01 proposal through NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The purpose of the NIDDK K01 award is to provide an intensive, supervised, research and career development experience for nonclinical, doctoral researchers as they transition to independent research careers. The overall objective of Dr.



UK THORACIC SURGERY FELLOW
Mansi Shah, MD

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: University of North Carolina

The new class of surgical interns for 2018 began their term with the University of Kentucky in July. In the Department of Surgery, there were six new categorical interns in general surgery, two new residents in Plastic Surgery, and a new resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery's I-6 program.

Click here for information on General Surgery Categorical Interns and Residents.

By Kristi Willett
(See story and other breaking news on UKnow)

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 14, 2018) — UK HealthCare’s University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital remains the No. 1 hospital in Kentucky and the Bluegrass Region, according to the 2018 U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals Rankings released today.

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center announced Friday that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) renewed its national cancer center designation for the next five years. The UK Markey Cancer Center remains one of only 70 NCI-designated centers in the country and the only one in Kentucky.

New incoming fellows were invited to Dr. Smyth's house for a party. Fellows, faculty and their families joined to have some food and fun at the pool, and table tennis. The forecast was predicting rain, but we were fortunate it was a nice sunny afternoon.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 15, 2019) — A meeting in early 2010 sparked Dr. Ima Ebong's passion to advocate for greater minority representation in medical school — a passion that has propelled her to national recognition for her work.