At first glance, it may not seem that the chair of cardiothoracic surgery in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and a horticultureextension professor and specialist in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment would share the same research interests.   But Sibu Saha and his son&nbsp

Congratulations are in order to Benjamin J. Fowler, PhD, who successfully defended his dissertation yesterday. Fowler has been studying under Dr. Jay Ambati in the Department of Ophthalmology. This milestone marks the conclusion of his graduate requirements of his PhD program. Fowler studies non-coding RNA biology in the context of a disease called age-related macular degeneration.

Program Overview

The MD-PhD curriculum at the University of Kentucky follows a traditional MSTP-style curriculum. Students usually graduate in 7 or 8 years; our average length of training is 7.3 years. Below is the typical time-line for training; in rare instances, individuals may tailor a different program.

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Is the MD/PhD Program right for you?

The University of Kentucky’s MD/PhD program trains the best and brightest in the skills, intellectual tools and science of both clinical medicine and ground-breaking biomedical research. As one of only a handful of universities to have six healthcare colleges on the same campus, we offer a wide range of graduate training opportunities. What makes UK unique is the range of multidisciplinary research and the exchange between investigators from different academic disciplines in our research centers.

Dr. Matthew Gentry, associate professor of molecular and cellular biochemistry, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Thomas Maciag Award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Research Resources. Dr. Gentry received this honor in recognition of his many research accomplishments focused on understanding glucan phosphatases in neurological disease and in plant biofuels research.

NIH has recently announced improvements to the Inclusion Data Reporting and Management toolsfor clinical trials. For more information on the new system, click here.