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Completed Alliances

  • Alliance of Biomedical Educators (ABE) led by Luke Bradley, PhD; Beth Garvy, PhD
  • Alliance for Diabetes and Obesity Research (ADORE) led by  Simon Fisher, MD, PhD; Philip A. Kern, MD; and Barbara Nikolajczyk, PhD
  • Alliance for Reduction of Diabetes Associated Microvascular Dysfunction (ADAM) led by Florin Despa, PhD, and Larry Goldstein, MD
  • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) led by Cody Bumgardner, PhD, Jeff Talbert, PhD, and Jennifer Wang, MD
  • Brain and Epilepsy Alliance for Metabolism research (BEAM) led by Matthew S. Gentry, PhD
  • Brain Restoration Alliance in Neurodegeneration (BRAIN) led by Greg Gerhardt, PhD; Craig van Horne, MD, PhD; and Randal Voss, PhD
  • Center of Advanced Translational Stroke Science (CATSS) led by Ann Stowe, PhD, FAHA; Keith Pennypacker, PhD; Justin Fraser, MD, FAANS, FAHA
  • COVID-19 Unified Research Experts (CURE) led by Ilhem Messaoudi, PhD, and Vincent Venditto, PhD
  • Functional Imaging for NeuroDiagnostics for Epilepsy and Resective Surgery (FINDERS) led by Brian Gold, PhD; Meriem Bensalem Owen, MD
  • Development of ED Protocols to Treat Chronic HCV Patients (HCV Alliance) led by Jennifer Havens, PhD; Roger Humphries, MD; and Daniel Moore, MD
  • Kentucky Research Alliance for Lung Disease (K-RALD) led by Christopher Waters, PhD
  • Leveraging Clinical and Behavioral, Biomedical and Policy Innovations to Facilitate Tobacco Treatment in Kentucky (LIFT) led by Seth Himelhoch, MD, MPH
  • mHealth Application modernization and Mobilization Alliance (MAMMA) led by Mikhail Koffarnus, PhD; Carolyn Lauckner, PhD
  • Myocardial Recovery Alliance (MYRA) led by Ken Campbell, PhD, and Emma Birks, MD, PhD
  • Osteoarthritis Alliance of Kentucky (OAK) led by David Landy, MD, PhD, and Brian Noehren, PT, PhD
  • Prostate Expertise in Research For Overcoming Resistance and Mentoring (PERFORM) led by Vivek M. Rangnekar, PhD
  • Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Alliance (RPTA) led by Charles Kunos, MD, PhD; Lowell Anthony, MD, FACP; Zin Myint, MD
  • T Cells to Induce Liver Tolerance (TILT) led by Roberto Gedaly MD and Francesc Marti, PhD
  • Transdisciplinary Implementation Science Alliance (TISA) led by Jing Li, MD, MS; Mahesh Kudrimoti, MD; and Gretchen Wells, MD, PhD
  • Translations of Research Interventions in Practice, Populations, and Policy Leadership (TRIPPPLe) led by Matthew Bush, MD, PhD; Hannah Knudsen, PhD; and Nancy Schoenberg, PhD
  • UK-Maternal and Pediatric Research Alliance (MaPRA) led by John A. Bauer, PhD; Thomas E. Curry, PhD; Peter J. Giannone, MD; Ilhem Messaoudi Powers, PhD; John M. O’Brien, MD
  • University of Kentucky Aortopathy Alliance Research Center (UK-AARC) led by Alan Daugherty, PhD, and Lisa A. Cassis, PhD
  • University of Kentucky Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in GI Cancers Alliance led by Mark Evers, MD, and Tianyan Gao, PhD
  • Virus Induced Thrombosis Alliance (VITAL) led by Beth A. Garvy, PhD, and Sidney W. Whiteheart, PhD

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