Congratulations to Dr. Brittany Smalls for her abstract entitled “Phenotype of the Rural Caregiver: Implications for Aging America” for being selected for the U.S.-Hong Kong 2018 Conference with the theme “Aging across Time and Contexts”. Dr. Smalls’ abstract was selected amongst an impressive number of abstracts for the conferences from countries such as China, Israel, Switzerland, and Brazil. Dr. Smalls will be presenting her abstract at the US-Hong Kong 2018 Conference held in Hong Kong in May.

Humans have a complex relationship with food:  it is sustenance, it is a livelihood, it is an emotional reward, and it can be medicine. As the obesity epidemic illustrates, it can be the opposite of medicine, too. Neurogastronomy encompasses a number of disciplines to address that relationship, including basic science, nutrition, psychology, agriculture, food science and health.

Since the 1960s, March has been marked as a time to celebrate the significant work of social work practitioners, educators, researchers and students. 

Social work has a rich and storied history. The foundational impact of Jane Adams’ Hull House and Mary Richmond’s Charity Organization Societies has reverberated through the decades. The pioneering legacies of social workers like Dorothy Height and Kentucky native Whitney Young, Jr. continue to positively shape people's lives.

According to the NIH Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials website (https://obssr.od.nih.gov/training/training-institutes/institute-on-randomized-clinical-trials/) this training will provide thorough grounding in the conduct of randomized clinical trials to researchers interested in developing competence in the planning, design, and execution of randomized clinical trials involving behavioral interventions. The curriculum will enable participants to:

After four years of medical school and numerous interviews, University of Kentucky College of Medicine students found out where they will continue their medical education in residency programs. Match Day is a culmination of the hard work and dreams of students on the path to becoming doctors.

 The 24th Annual Kentucky Spinal Cord & Head Injury Research Trust Symposium, was held on Thursday, May 10, 2018, in the Lee T. Todd, Jr. Building at the University of Kentucky.

Prominent researchers in the fields of spinal cord and traumatic brain injury from across the nation joined the UK Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC) faculty to share information focused on two themes: long-term consequences of neurotrauma and research along the translational spectrum.

King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky., has entered into a new affiliation with the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, the state's only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center.

By becoming a UK Markey Cancer Center Affiliate Network member, King's Daughters can offer patients in eastern Kentucky, southern Ohio and West Virginia access to additional specialty and subspecialty care, including clinical trials and advanced technology, while allowing them to stay closer to home for most treatments.