The Saha Cardiovascular Research Center recently announced the winners of the 2016 Saha Awards.  These annual awards are given to Medical and Nursing students as well as to a nurse educator.  The awards are designed to reward creativity, dedication and knowledge in areas of cardiovascular research, disease prevention and patient

I’m pleased to announce starting this week, the College of Medicine will hold weekly administrators meetings with rotating topics, such as: accounting, finance, HR/payroll, research administration, and reporting.  We will communicate the agenda for the weekly meeting in advance, when possible.  While this meeting is geared toward Business Administrators, depending on the subject matter others may wish to attend.  Please check with your supervisor in advance regarding attendance to ensure coverage

Dr. Jay Zwischenberger was one of 12 specialists inducted into the 2016 class of Fellows of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (FELSO) during a special awards ceremony at the ELSO Annual Conference on September 17, 2016 in San Diego.

Several faculty members, residents, and fellows from the UK Department of Surgery will be featured speakers at the 2016 edition of the annual statewide Trauma and Emergency Medicine Symposium, scheduled for October 26 – 28 at The Campbell House in Lexington.

CHSR was recently selected to direct the Tracking & Evaluation Core of UK’s Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS). Led by Dr. Phil Kern, the CCTS champions innovation across the spectrum of clinical and translational research, and educates the translational workforce of the future. Tracking & Evaluation by CHSR combines formative and summative evaluation techniques, and utilizes mixed methods approaches that incorporate both traditional and translational metrics.

Award honors lifetime contribution to rural health in Kentucky 

For Immediate Release

Media Contact:
Tina McCormick
krha@twc.com
(270) 577-1707

September 21, 2016 – The Kentucky Rural Health Association (KRHA), which is dedicated to improving the health status of rural Kentuckians through education and advocacy, has announced the 2016 Dan Martin Award recipient, Dr. Fran Feltner.

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

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.