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CURE-KY Podcast & Publication Spotlights

This page features a curated collection of podcast episodes and research publications relevant to infectious disease, public health, and translational science, with a particular emphasis on work connected to the CURE-KY community.

Each month, we highlight a featured podcast or publication selected by CURE-KY leadership for its relevance, insight, or impact. In addition to these monthly spotlights, we regularly share other notable content—including external podcast episodes and recent peer-reviewed publications authored by CURE-KY members. All featured publications include at least one CURE-affiliated author and are accompanied by an AI-generated audio summary to help make the research more accessible to broader audiences.

Whether you're catching up on timely studies or tuning into expert conversations, we invite you to explore the content below—and if you know of a podcast or paper that aligns with our mission or includes a member of the CURE-KY network, please share it with us.

UK and COVID-19, 5 Years Later

CURE-KY Leadership Member Vince Venditto, PhD, is featured in this episode of "Behind the Blue." This episode includes eight longtime employees from the medical side of UK’s campus, ranging from administrators to frontline health care providers to researchers reflect on those scary, early days of the pandemic, how it impacted their professional and personal lives and some of the lessons learned from living through such a significant moment in history.

Published: March 6, 2025

Equine Influenza Vaccine Study

Title: Protective efficacy of a bivalent equine influenza H3N8 virus-like particle vaccine in horses

Authors: Martha M. O’Kennedy, Stephanie E. Reedy, Celia Abolnik, Amjad Khan, Tanja Smith, Ilse du Preez, Edward Olajide, Janet Daly, Ann Cullinane, Thomas M. Chambers

Stephanie E. Reedy, Amjad Khan, Edward Olajide, and Thomas M. Chambers, co-investigators in this publication, are researchers from the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center.

Published online: February 11, 2025

Streptococcus Cell Wall Biosynthesis

Title: Structure and mechanism of biosynthesis of Streptococcus mutans cell wall polysaccharide

Authors: Jeffrey S. Rush, Svetlana Zamakhaeva, Nicholas R. Murner, Pan Deng, Andrew J. Morris, Cameron W. Kenner, Ian Black, Christian Heiss, Parastoo Azadi, Konstantin V. Korotkov, Göran Widmalm, & Natalia Korotkova

Jeffrey S. Rush and Konstantin V. Korotkov are researchers in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry within the UK College of Medicine.

Natalia Korotkova holds joint appointments in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics within the UK College of Medicine.

Svetlana Zamakhaeva, Nicholas R. Murner, and Cameron W. Kenner are researchers in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics within the UK College of Medicine.

Published online: January 22, 2025

Building PH Capacity at a Rural Kentucky High School

Title: Bringing Pandemic Science to the Classroom: Building Public Health Capacity at a Rural Kentucky High School

Authors: Sahar Alameh, PhD; Anna G. Hoover, PhD; James W. Keck, MD, MPH; Scott M. Berry, PhD, MBA; Sagan Goodpaster, PhD; Savannah Tucker, MPH; and Ashley Goodin, MA

Sahar Alameh and Sagan Goodpaster are researchers in the department of STEM Education within the UK College of Education.

Anna G. Hoover is a researcher in the Department of Epidemiology & Environmental Health within the UK College of Public Health.

James W. Keck is a researcher in the Department of Family and Community Medicine within the UK College of Medicine.

Scott M. Berry is a researcher in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering within the UK College of Engineering.

Published online: January 3, 2025

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