Office of Research

$211.8M

of total research funding in FY 2023

923

Active awards in FY 2023

357

Principal and co-principal investigators in FY 2023

Welcome from the Vice Dean for Research

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is a dynamic research powerhouse, and it is my absolute privilege to collaborate with the faculty, staff, and trainees across the college in their transformative research endeavors.

Our seven basic science departments, 18 clinical departments, and multiple centers are addressing critical questions in biomedicine, including in signature areas such as drug addiction and abuse, diabetes and obesity, cancer, cardiovascular, and neuroscience, and in emerging areas like infectious disease and lung disease.

Research Goal One

Develop and invest in defined signature and emerging research areas leading to scientific impact and improved health of Kentucky and beyond.

Research Goal Two

Create an optimal research community to increase the overall research impact of the College of Medicine.

Research Goal Three

Improve the quality and access to infrastructure supporting research efforts.

Research Goal Four

Create more collaborative and transdisciplinary research opportunities to advance groundbreaking discoveries.

Tweets by @UKYMedicine

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Medical students in the College of Medicine have ample opportunities to conduct research with our faculty members.

two researchers in a laboratory looking down at something off camera

At the UK College of Medicine, our faculty regularly collaborate across both clinical and basic science specialties to conduct breakthrough research.

two researchers looking at axolotls in a series of tanks

For nearly 20 years, teams in the College of Medicine have studied the axolotl — a type of salamander native to Mexico — due to its ability to regenerate body parts, including limbs, tail, and spinal cord.