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The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is celebrating its first-generation students with a dedicated First Generation Week, co-organized by the offices of Community Advancement (OCA), Biomedical Education (OBE), and Medical Education (OME).
On Oct. 8, the UK College of Medicine Department of Radiology hosted its inaugural research showcase.
Xiaoqin Jennifer Wang, MD, MS, associate professor of radiology and vice chair for research within the department, kicked off the event with a brief history of radiology and important clinical discoveries over the years.
Katie Twist, MD, has been named the new assistant dean for preclinical education in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Office of Medical Education.
The following individuals were honored at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Awards Convocation on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. Synchronous events were held at our campuses in Bowling Green, Lexington, Morehead, and Northern Kentucky.
Office of Biomedical Education Awards
Darwin Conwell, MD, joined the University of Kentucky in 2022 as a professor and the Jack M. Gill Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine. Since then, he’s become a recognizable fixture of the UK College of Medicine and UK HealthCare.
The Office of Medical Education would like to welcome the following faculty as the new Foundational Science Thread leaders:
Pharmacology: Robert Hadley, PhD
Dr. Hadley is an associate professor of pharmacology and nutritional sciences and director of graduate studies for pharmacology.
Microbiology: Brian Higgins, PhD
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is excited to welcome Allana Oak, DO, to the leadership team of the Northern Kentucky Campus.
Dr. Oak will serve as assistant dean for clinical education effective Sept. 16. The new role will involve collaborating with faculty, staff, and students to support and strengthen clinical experiences at the campus.
The Kentucky Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP) recently held its 2024 Fall Meeting. The event included keynote speakers, a poster competition for medical students and residents, a doctor dilemma challenge, as well as networking opportunities. Students from our Lexington, Bowling Green, and Northern Kentucky campuses represented our college well.
The UK College of Medicine is dedicated to educating the next generation of compassionate, highly skilled physicians and scientists, with special emphasis on training more physicians here and retaining them for service in Kentucky.
Watch below Part 3 of the "Because We Care" mini-documentary series.
The UK College of Medicine is dedicated to educating the next generation of compassionate, highly skilled physicians and scientists, with special emphasis on training more physicians in Kentucky, for Kentucky.
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine congratulates 39 medical students who were selected as members of Alpha Omega Alpha, a national medical honor society that honors those who demonstrate professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research, and community service in the medical field.
After serving for eight years as the assistant dean for clinical education, John Ragsdale, MD, MS, has been promoted to associate dean for curriculum.
Over the summer, a cohort of five rising second-year medical students participated in a four-week pilot exposing them to quality improvement (QI) concepts as inaugural members of the Churchill Summer QI Research Fellows program.
The UK College of Medicine Standardized Patient Program launched in the late 1980s, and over the subsequent decades, has become deeply engrained throughout all four years of our students' medical training.
Gina Wesley, PhD, serves as manager of the program, bringing years of expertise in higher education, program management, and moulage skills to the role.
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is pleased to announce that Aradhana Kaushal, MD, has been named assistant dean for the Rural Physician Leadership Program (RPLP) in Morehead, Ky.
Last week, across our campuses, we welcomed 207 new medical students to the UK College of Medicine Class of 2028!
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is a multicampus institution that delivers excellent undergraduate medical education across four sites in the Commonwealth. As we work to expand and enhance our care, training, and research across the state, we are excited to announce new leadership to oversee advancement in Bowling Green, Ky.
At the UK College of Medicine, we embrace our responsibility to drive the change and the discovery required to improve health and wellness across the state. As a recognized leader in biomedical research, we focus on innovative, transformative, and collaborative discoveries from the bench to the bedside.
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris kickoff this Friday, with its Opening Ceremony at 1:30 p.m. ET. The games will run until Sunday, Aug. 11.