SCoBIRC Faculty Receive Research Professorships
Edward Hall and Bret Smith, SCoBIRC Core and Associate Faculty respectively, recognized for research excellence
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 3, 2016) — The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees today approved 17 University Research Professorships for the 2016-17 year.
Barnstable Brown Family Takes Pride in Supporting UK Diabetes Center Via Their World-Famous Derby Eve Party
It isn't uncommon in the Bluegrass to celebrate the Kentucky Derby by having friends come to your home for a party.
But if you are Chris Barnstable-Brown, the family party just happens to have a guest list of about 1,200, including performer Kid Rock and members of Boyz II Men, as well as sports figures such as NFL quarterback Aaron Rogers and a host of former University of Kentucky and University of Louisville basketball players.
Chris Barnstable-Brown is the son, grandson and nephew of the founders of the Barnstable Brown Kentucky Derby Eve Gala in Louisville that include his mother Patr
Nearly 1,000 Attend UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science Conference
Department of Surgery practice manager earns Supervisor of the Year award
The UK Office of Work Life awarded Angela Dalton, practice manager in the Department of Surgery, as one of its two Supervisors of the Year for 2016. Kristy McMillan, radiology technical manager in Imaging Services, also received the Supervisor of the Year honor which was presented at a special awards program in the Hilary Boone Center on Friday, April 26.
Linda Combs, Academic Support Services Director for The Department of Surgery, was nominated for the award and given recognition at the program as well.
Department of Physiology Professor Selected as 2016-17 University Research Professor
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 3, 2016) — The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees today approved 17 University Research Professorships for the 2016-17 year.
To align with the overall objective for research within UK's 2015-2020 Strategic Plan, the revised University Research Professors Program now recognizes excellence across the full spectrum of research, scholarship, and creative endeavors within each college.
UK CARDIOLOGIST IS LEADING A STUDY TO EXPLORE A NEW WAY TO HEAL RESISTANT HYPERTENSION
What does your blood pressure have in common with a garden hose? Quite a lot, in fact.
Increasing the pressure in a garden hose (whether by opening your faucet to full force or by plugging the end of the hose opening) can cause it to become rigid or even burst.
Blood in the arteries functions in much the same way. Consistently high blood pressure -- also called hypertension -- damages the tissues of the artery walls.
UK Cardiologist is Leading a Study to Explore a New Way to Heal Resistant Hypertension
What does your blood pressure have in common with a garden hose? Quite a lot, in fact.
Increasing the pressure in a garden hose (whether by opening your faucet to full force or by plugging the end of the hose opening) can cause it to become rigid or even burst.
Blood in the arteries functions in much the same way. Consistently high blood pressure -- also called hypertension -- damages the tissues of the artery walls.
Markey, LLS Host Fifth Annual Meet the Researchers Day
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society hosted their fifth annual "Meet the Researchers Day" last week.
Ambati Named Among Top 100 Most Influential People in Ophthalmology
Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, professor of physiology and vice chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, has been named to The Ophthalmologist Power List 2016 'Top 100 Most Influential People in the World of Ophthalmology.' This international list features the most influential and innovative individuals in the worlds of ophthalmic surgery, research and industry.
Ambati is an internationally recognized authority who has pioneered innovative concepts in macular degeneration, a blinding disease that affects nearly 200 million people worldwide.
Ramakanth Kavuluru, PhD, selected for funding by NLM to improve information extraction from scientific literature
Computational approaches that mine large amounts of free text to extract relational information and support applications such as information retrieval and literature based discovery, have gained popularity recently. Most of these tend to focus on specific areas in biomedicine, for example gene-gene interactions or disease-treatment relations. The only effort that extracts a broad set of relations adhering to a large standardized vocabulary is the rule-based SemRep program being developed by researchers at the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
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