Alzheimer's disease wreaks emotional havoc on patients who are robbed of their memories, their dignity and their lives. It’s financially devastating as well: care for Alzheimer's patients is predicted to top $1 trillion by the time children born today are having children of their own.

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By Allison Perry

Dr. Lisa Cassis talks about recent
significant achievements in UK's research enterprise (click here).

Recently published work by Drs. Gant, Blalock, Landfield and other colleagues was featured in The Scientist. Click here to read the story.

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The combination of a new clinical trial and a tissue bank is innovating stroke care and research at the University of Kentucky. Led by a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and scientists, the studies aim to develop new treatments using existing therapies that protect brain tissue after a stroke, and to learn more about the physiology of the event.

Seth S. Himelhoch, MD, MPH, will be the College of Medicine’s chair of psychiatry beginning Jan. 1, 2018. He will play a vital role in the college’s mission to impact the standards and delivery of care related to mental health and substance use disorders in the commonwealth.

Health Literacy Kentucky (HLK) and the University of Kentucky Center for Health Services Research (UK CHSR) collaborated to sponsor the inaugural Kentucky Health Literacy Award this October, Health Literacy Month. The annual Kentucky Health Literacy Award will aim to recognize agencies or programs that innovatively address health literacy to improve the health of the citizens of the Commonwealth.

When Alex Helman began her search for a doctoral program that would allow her to further her knowledge of neuroscience and conduct research on Alzheimer’s disease, she was surprised to add the University of Kentucky to her list.