College of Medicine Students Go West
College of Medicine Students Go West for Clinical Rotations Through New Initiative
When University of Kentucky medical student Callie Dowdy tells fellow students she delivered four babies in one month during her obstetrics rotation in Western Kentucky, she emphasizes that fact that she was a primary care provider.
She didn’t stand in the back or the room or watch over the shoulder — she was the first person to hold the babies.
Play Helps Families and Caregivers See Both Sides of Alzheimer's Disease
Last Saturday, one family struggled to accept that their father had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
This family is luckier than others, however. They are the fictional characters in "Forget Me Not," a play written by Garrett Davis to raise awareness about Alzheimer's disease and provide comfort and support for caregivers, particularly in underserved communities where health disparities exist.
University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) brought the play to a full house at the Lyric Theatre in Lexington on Aug.
FDA Announces Public Workshop on Pediatric Clinical Investigator Training
Public Workshop – Pediatric Clinical Investigator Training
Griffith Elected to National Medical Honor Society Board of Directors
Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society, has elected Dr. Charles “Chipper” H. Griffith III, senior associate dean for medical education at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, as a councilor director on the Society's board. Griffith's three-year term begins at the AOA board of directors meeting in Portland, Maine, on Oct. 3.
Alpha Omega Alpha is a professional medical organization that recognizes and advocates for excellence in scholarship and the highest ideals in the profession of medicine.
UK, ARC, and CDC Announce Initiatives to Address Health Disparities in Eastern Kentucky
University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto today joined U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers and Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), at a Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) Health Impact Series to discuss health challenges in the region and announce two new UK initiatives to address them.
"Our Commonwealth is only strong if every community is strong," said Capilouto. "And every community will only be strong when every community is healthy."
One initiative announced was the UK Appalachian Cancer Patient Navigation Project.
MRI Used to Study Possible Therapies for Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Studies show that adults who received corrective surgery for the most common serious form of congenital heart disease as infants are susceptible to heart failure in adulthood.
Researchers at the University of Kentucky are using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology to better understand the cause of heart failure in these patients, with the goal of eventually developing new therapies to reduce mortality. The team, led by University of Kentucky professor Dr.
Research Investigates Another "Kentucky Ugly"
From the New York Times to visits from the director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, health disparities in Appalachia are receiving a lot of attention, and for good reason. The list is sadly familiar: life expectancy in the region is about five years lower than national averages; rates of cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, obesity, diabetes, and unintentional injury are among the very worst in the country; and myriad socioeconomic and geographic barriers limit access to health insurance and care. Former University of Kentucky President Lee Todd Jr.
UK Named One of Top Hospitals with Great Oncology Programs
Becker’s Hospital Review magazine has listed the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital among the nation’s “100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs” in its recently released compilation of leading cancer care providers in the United States.
Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences professors receive tenure
The Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences is pleased to announce that Associate Professors Florin and Sanda Despa recently received tenure, and Dr. Kevin Pearson was promoted to the positon of associate professor with tenure. Before coming to the University of Kentucky in 2013, Florin and Sanda Despa had appointments at the University of California, Davis. Florin earned his Ph.D. from the Institute of Physics in Bucharest, Romania and did post-doctoral studies in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago. He was an assistant professor of research at U.C.
