Recent Faculty Publication: Platelet CD36 signaling through ERK5 promotes caspase-dependent procoagulant activity and fibrin deposition in vivo
Moua Yang, Andaleb Kholmukhamedov, Marie L. Schulte, Brian C. Cooley, Na’il O. Scoggins, Jeremy P. Wood*, Scott J. Cameron, Craig N. Morrell, Shawn M. Jobe, and Roy L. Silverstein
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'Behind the Blue': UK’s Don Frazier Stays Forever Young Through Science Outreach, Research
If staying engaged in something you love is the key to staying young, University of Kentucky emeritus faculty member Don Frazier certainly is on the right track.
UK Physiologist Uses Biomechanics to Understand Lung Healing
As a child, Chris Waters was always curious about how things worked. His inquiring mind led him on a path from chemical engineering to biomedical engineering to his current work on a dangerous condition called acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
The mortality rate for this acute lung injury is high — almost 40 percent of ARDS patients die. Appropriate mechanical ventilation makes a huge difference in their prognosis.
Celebration Held for Esteemed, Retiring Faculty
November 28, 2018 - Friends, family, and colleagues joined together to honor three retiring, esteemed UK faculty members. A retirement celebration was held on November 28 at the Hillary J. Boone Center to honor the careers and celebrate the retirement of Drs. Marcielle De Beer, Sandy Legan, and David Randall.
MAKING THE ROUNDS: Father's battle with cancer shaped this surgical oncologist's patient care philosophy
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New NCI Grant Expands Markey’s Successful Oncology Training Program to High Schoolers
After successfully launching an oncology training program for Appalachian undergrads in 2016, the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is expanding the program to include high school students. The Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION) Program – formerly known as CTOP – is funded through a nearly $2.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute.
UKCERH host Poster Presentation Sessions at 2018 KRHA Conference
The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CERH) hosted the poster presentations at the Kentucky Rural Health Association (KRHA) conference on November 15, 2018. In addition to sharing their research and outcomes, participates were also required to discuss the potential policy impact of their work. Judges, from Western Kentucky University and the University of Kentucky, provided scoring and feedback on the fourteen posters accepted. During the lunch presentation From Research to Policy: How do we make the connection, by Dr.
Retirement Celebration for Distinguished Faculty Members
Please join us for a retirement celebration on Wednesday, November 28, for three exceptional UK, College of Medicine faculty members. All are invited to this event, which will celebrate and recognize the years of service for Drs. Marcielle De Beer, Sandy Legan, and David Randall. This event will be held at the Hillary J. Boone Center on the main campus beginning at 3:00 p.m., no RSVP required.
Daret St. Clair Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from International Society
University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researcher Daret St. Clair, Ph.D., has been named the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient from the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine (SfRBM). St. Clair received the award and gave a feature lecture at the SfRBM’s 25th Annual Conference in Chicago earlier this month.
