Ana Bastos-Carvalho, a visiting scholar in the Ambati research group in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, received the Global Ophthalmology Research Award from Bayer HealthCare for her research, "Mechanisms of geographic atrophy expansion in age-related macular degeneration." http://www.bayer-ophthalmology-awards.com/html/b-about-c.html “We are studying age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the disease responsible for most cases of legal blindness in the American elderly population”, Bastos-Carvalho said.

The University of Kentucky is partnering with KNODE Inc. to promote and connect UK researchers with colleagues and potential collaborators worldwide.

Through a UK-specific portal (search.knodeinc.com/ukentucky) the KNODE platform helps individual researchers, academic institutions and companies share scientific knowledge, particularly in the biomedical field.

There's a proverb in the business world that says, "If you don’t know, hire someone who does." In the world of translational research, the saying might go like something this: "If you don't have the expertise or resources, collaborate with someone who does." The nature of translational science -- the process of turning a basic science discovery into applications for human patients -- is inherently multidimensional.
A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers suggests that activating the tumor suppressor p53 in normal cells causes them to secrete Par-4, another potent tumor suppressor protein that induces cell death in cancer cells. This finding may help researchers decipher how to inhibit the growth of tumors that have become resistant to other treatments. Loss of the tumor suppressor p53 often contributes to therapy resistance in tumors.

Danielle Ofri, M.D., Ph.D., an associate professor of Internal Medicine at New York University School of Medicine, will be the guest lecturer. Join us for an interesting look at medical professionalism through Dr. Ofri’s lecture entitled, “The Good Doctor: Chekhov or Monday Night Football?”

The University of Kentucky Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is now accepting applications for the 2014 Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) and Health Researchers Youth Academy (HRYA), two health career summer camps hosted annually each summer.

Diane Kronemeyer, community liaison at University of Kentucky (UK) Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH), has been named a 2013 Paul Harris Fellow by the Hazard Rotary Club.

Kronemeyer was designated a Paul Harris Fellow in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given by an individual representing an agency, company or business along with the individual’s personal assistance for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among people of the world.