Skip to main
University-wide Navigation

In 2023, the Office of the Vice President for Research offered the Emerging Themes for Research Program to support for multidisciplinary teams engaged in emerging research that creates, grows and sustains a healthier, wealthier and wiser Kentucky.

Criteria:

  • Find answers to the economic, workforce and health challenges that disproportionately affect Kentuckians
  • Support strategic college research goals and objectives with the intent of extending unit goals for broader participation
  • Promote leadership development across the full research spectrum
  • Align with national priorities and funding opportunities in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) and Health science fields (STEM+H) and/or have societal impact
  • Leverage talent, intellect and resources across campus in a collaborative manner
  • Address three key factors: our faculty, our infrastructure and our systems (for example, operations, facilities, equipment, systems for compliance and safety)

The following programs were selected for support.

Warren Alilain (College of Medicine) Project: Kentucky Research Alliance for Lung Disease (K-RALD)
Alison Gustafson (Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment) Project: Food as Health Alliance
Julie Pendergast (College of Arts and Sciences) Project: Circadian and Sleep Health for a Healthy Kentucky (CASH KY)
Ilhem Messaoudi Powers (College of Medicine) Project: Consortium for Infectious Disease Research at the University of Kentucky
Rebekah Radtke (College of Design) Project: Sustainable Futures Design Lab
Christopher Richards (College of Arts and Sciences) Project: Nanomedicine and Bioelectronics
Dmitry Strakovsky (College of Fine Arts) Project: Creative Gateway for Advancing Digital Health