The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has been awarded a $2 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to train the next generation of dementia researchers. 

The T32 training grant, “Training in Traditional Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (TRIAD),” is the first Sanders-Brown Center on Aging training grant dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

People lead busy lives and managing doctor appointments for the entire family can be challenging, especially if a different physician is needed for each family member according to age or health concern. Getting everyone to their appointments may require trips to different doctors in different locations. 

DISABILITY OR COMPLEX SPINE SURGERY?

Multiple back surgeries since age 21 had left Richmond resident Dave Lee with a 13-inch scar, a spine flanked by metal rods melded to his spine by screws, and excruciating pain..

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With support from the College of Medicine in 2017, the Center for Health Services Research (CHSR) selected and funded four projects in the Value of Innovation to Implementation Program (VI²P); https://chsr.med.uky.edu/vi2p.

UK HealthCare has more than 155 physicians practicing medicine with University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital, Kentucky Children's Hospital, UK Good Samaritan Hospital who appear on the Best Doctors in America List for 2019 — more than any other hospital in Kentucky. Only four percent of doctors in America earn this prestigious honor, decided by impartial peer review. 

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.