Congratulations Weisi Fu, PhD
Weisi Fu successfully defended her dissertation on Thursday, September 29, 2016
Doctoral Committee Members
Dr. Bradley K. Taylor
Mentor, Department of Physiology
Dr. Karin W. High
Department of Physiology
Dr. Gregory Frolenkov
Department of Physiology
Dr. Kimberly Nixon
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Outside Examiner
Dr. Gregory Bix
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Transform Health Initiative Creates Clinical Settings Centered on Needs of LGBTQ Patients
Concerns about privacy, safety, stigmatization and quality of care have deterred members of the LGBTQ community from accessing health care services and resources. Disengagement from the health care system has contributed to many health disparities affecting the LGBTQ population.
Robin Shoemaker-Council on Hypertension Awardee
Robin Shoemaker-Council on Hypertension Awardee. The American Heart Association held its annual Council on Hypertension session September 14-17th in Orlando, Florida. Our congratulations to Dr. Robin Shoemaker for winning an award in the Postdoctoral category entitled “Mas Receptor Deficiency Promotes Hypertension in Obese Female Mice and Cardiac Dysfunction in Obese Male Mice”. The Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences was well represented as Drs.
UK Pediatrics Chief Receives Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass Legacy of Love Award
6th Annual Markesbery Symposium Set for Nov. 4-5
SRAS Provides Reminder on RA Tuition for Fall 2016 Semester
REMINDER: For any chair/director and department/center administrator that received an email from Susan Stark on August 9 regarding RA Tuition for the Fall 2016 semester, or if you have hired a Graduate Student Research Assistant to work in your lab since that date and they’re being paid from grant funds, please be sure to contact your
Sprang Receives $2 million Grant to Expand Services at UK Center on Trauma and Children
F. Despa, L. Cassis, J. Luo - New Funding for Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences!
Congratulations to Dr. Florin Despa and colleagues for receiving TWO new grants to study the pathology of amylin dysregulation in neurodegenerative and/or vascular disease. His new NIH R01 is entitled “Role of Systemic Amylin Dyshomeostasis in Alzheimer’s Disease” and his AHA award is entitled “Amylin Vasculopathy, A Therapeutic Target to Reduce Stroke”.
'UK at the Half' Features Dean of UK College of Medicine
Robert DiPaola, dean of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, was featured during "UK at the Half" that aired during the UK at Florida football game, broadcast on radio Sept. 10.
DiPaola, who came to UK March 1, talks about his impressions of the college and the university, including the collaborative nature, strong leadership and strength of faculty.
Bloomberg Manulife Prize for Promotion of Active Health Now Accepting Applications
$Would you like to win a 50,000 prize to fund research that impacts active health of North Americans?
The Bloomberg Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health, valued at $50,000 CAD,
is offered each year by McGill University to an academic whose research has
contributed to understanding how factors such as physical activity, nutrition,
fitness or psychosocial context can influence personal health and well-being,
and whose work could have a positive impact on behavior and lifestyle choices.