Doctorate of Physical Therapy Information Sessions
Free information sessions to learn more about the doctorate in physical therapy degree at the UK Center for Excellence In Rural Health in Hazard will be held February 13 and April 9, 2013. Sessions will begin at 2:00 pm in room 218 of the Bailey-Stumbo Building, 750 Morton Blvd., Hazard. To register for one of the sessions, contact student services at 439-3557, ext. 83508 or toll free at 855-859-2374.
The Center of Excellence in Rural Health
The UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health was established in 1990 to address health disparities in rural Kentucky, including a chronic shortage of health professionals and residents’ poor health status. The Center accomplishes this through health professionals education, health policy research, health care service and community engagement. The Center serves as the federally designated Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH).
Cardiovascular, Obesity & Diabetes Research Emphasis
Can novel drug targets be identified to slow the progression of abdominal aortic aneurysms? Is a stimulated renin-angiotensin system the link between obesity and the myriad of obesity-induced cardiovascular diseases, or the development of type 2 diabetes? Do specific bioactive lipids released from platelets and/or the myocardium following myocardial infarction influence platelet function? These are some of the clinically significant pharmacologic questions addressed by researchers within the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences.
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Research Emphasis on the Molecular Basis for Cancer
The cancer faculty in the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences are interested in studying the molecular basis of cancer initiation and metastatic progression. This involves using molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, and in vivo animal models to unravel novel signaling pathways in an effort to uncover new drug targets for treating cancer. The faculty also are attempting to understand why cancer cells develop drug resistance, a common problem in cancer treatment, and are working on identifying drugs that combat resistance.
Neuroscience Research Emphasis
The neuroscience faculty of the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences focuses on brain aging and Alzheimer’s disease with an emphasis on how comorbid conditions/diseases (diabetes, stress, lack of sleep, obesity, stroke, age-related hormone loss) affect the aging progress. Other key areas of interest are in drug/alcohol abuse and the factors influencing addiction-related disease states, as well as in Down syndrome research and factors influencing brain inflammation status.
Welcome
The University of Kentucky offers physician training programs in most medical and surgical specialties, and also offers training programs in dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, pharmacy, optometry and health administration.
UK HealthCare Physicians Named to 2013 Best Doctors in America® List
UK HealthCare has had 115 physicians included on the Best Doctors in America® List for 2013. Only five percent of doctors in America earn this prestigious honor, decided by impartial peer review.
Best Doctors is a product of validated peer review, in which doctors who excel in their specialties are selected by their peers in the profession. Best Doctors works with expert physicians from its Best Doctors in America® List to help its 30 million members worldwide get the right diagnosis and right treatment.
The list results from polling of more than 47,000 physicians in the United States.
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Medical Student Wins International Title
George Goshua, a second-year medical student was recently awarded first place at Cureus Fall 2012 International Poster Competition. His poster titled, “Review of Assessment Tools Utilized Worldwide in the Evaluation of Surgical Trainees: A Focus on Non-Technical Skills,” was awarded in the category of Quality Improvement.
Cureus is a new medical research journal based in Palo Alto, California founded by Dr.
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The Center for Structural Biology
The Center for Structural Biology makes available to the research community at the University of Kentucky services and equipment for protein production and characterization. Protein production equipment includes equipment for bacterial, yeast, insect and mammalian cell culture, devices for cell-cracking and automated chromatography systems for protein and peptide purification.