$2.3 million NIH Grant Aims to Help Improve Diversity in Science and Health Care
Through a recent five-year, $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), University of Kentucky faculty Don Frazier and Brett Spear will partner with faculty from qualified minority-serving institutions across the U.S. and Puerto Rico to help improve diversity in science and health care.
Save the Date: PGY Research & Education Day
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SAVE THE DATE
May 22, 2019 at the Bill Gatton Student Center
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AJPH publishes New Perspectives to Advance Minority Health and Health Disparities Research
"The American Journal of Public Health special issue New Perspectives to Advance Minority Health and Health Disparities Research is the culmination of a 2-year NIMHD-led transdisciplinary science visioning process that bridged scientific disciplines to develop a coordinated research vision.
Recent Faculty Publication: Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF) antisense oligonucleotide protected against hyperlipidemia-associated atherosclerosis
Abstract
Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF) is a representative EGF family member that interacts with EGFR under diverse stress environment. Previously, we reported that the HB-EGF-targeting using antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) effectively suppressed an aortic aneurysm in the vessel wall and circulatory lipid levels. In this study, we further examined the effects of the HB-EGF ASO administration on the development of hyperlipidemia-associated atherosclerosis using an atherogenic mouse model.
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Med Student Who Helped Launch Diversity Program is Now a Physician and Faculty Adviser
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.
Recent Faculty Publication: Dioxin-like PCB 126 Increases Systemic Inflammation and Accelerates Atherosclerosis in Lean LDL Receptor-Deficient Mice
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Publications From the Month of February, 2019
This month, our department published the following 6 publications!
Clinical Trial Gives UK Pathologist New Hope
As a longtime pathologist at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Charles Lutz is no stranger to cancer.
Lutz has spent much of his career in the lab, helping patients behind the scenes. At the UK Markey Cancer Center, he works in molecular diagnosis and HLA tissue typing in bone marrow transplantation for leukemia and other cancers. He also helps match patients in end-stage organ failure with an appropriate solid organ transplant for the UK Transplant Center.
Recent Faculty Publication: "The L-type calcium channel current modulation mechanism: the plot thickens and fogs"
Research Identifies Pathway Connecting Some HIV Drugs With Liver Disease
As a raft of new treatments for HIV infection have come on the market in the past 20 years, AIDS patients have gotten access to drugs that allow them to live longer.
"These drugs are miracles," said Dr. Richard N. Greenberg, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Kentucky. "Before the advent of anti-retroviral drugs, HIV infection was a death sentence. Now, taken properly, the life span of a person with an HIV infection is practically normal."
