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Conference Looks at Neurological Issues in the Pregnant Patient

Aug 7, 2019, 8:38 AM

The UK College of Medicine will host the 2019 Obstetrical Neurology Conference on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 for faculty, providers and trainees in neurology, obstetrics, anesthesia and women's health interested in neurological issues in the pregnant patient.

CCTS Launches First Science-to-Comic Book Challenge

Aug 7, 2019, 8:35 AM

UK's CCTS recently launched its first Comic Book Challenge, open to any UK student, trainee, or faculty member with a publication in the last three years in any clinical or translational field.

Student Researcher Changes Way Philosopher's Work is Interpreted

Aug 5, 2019, 9:22 AM

Through an internship in the Learning Lab, Samadi was tasked with researching a journal thought to be written by famous existential philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre that had been carefully housed in an acid-free box on a shelf in the Margaret I. King Library's Special Collections Research Center for over 50 years.

Registration Now Open for Inaugural Inclusive Health Summit

Aug 5, 2019, 9:19 AM

The UK Inclusive Health Partnerships and the UK Health Transform Clinic are partnering to host the first of its kind Inclusive Health Summit Saturday, Sept. 7, to provide the university community with an opportunity to engage in conversation about health disparities and creating inclusive clinical spaces.

Research Volunteers Drive Discoveries at Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

Aug 5, 2019, 9:15 AM

Thanks to volunteers, SBCoA has played a role in many landmark discoveries, including debunking the theories that aluminum or mercury cause Alzheimer's, identifying so-called "AD mimics", and proving that there are changes in the brain decades before there are outward symptoms of AD.

UK Entomologist Receives NSF Grant to Study Antarctic Insects

Aug 2, 2019, 9:13 AM

An international team of researchers led by the University of Kentucky’s Nick Teets has received more than $700,000 from the National Science Foundation to study midges in Antarctica.

UK Physician Helps Develop New Curriculum for Substance Use Disorder Care

Aug 2, 2019, 9:04 AM

Dr. Michelle Lofwall, UK College of Medicine, is one of three national addiction physician experts who led a team of healthcare professionals in developing a new core curriculum designed to educate primary care providers on the prevention, assessment and treatment of substance use disorders (SUD) throughout the continuum of care.

Record-breaking Research Awards Power UK Innovation

Aug 1, 2019, 8:13 AM

University of Kentucky (UK) faculty received $417.1 million in competitive research awards last fiscal year, a record-breaking increase of $83 million over the previous year.

UK Transplant Researchers Seek to Fight Organ Rejection Through New Trial

Jul 31, 2019, 9:12 AM

A new clinical trial at the UK Transplant Center seeks to change how the body reacts to a newly transplanted kidney.

UK Researcher: How Families With Same-Sex Parents Resolve Conflict Has Impact

Jul 30, 2019, 8:46 AM

Farr previously reported that children adopted by lesbian, gay and heterosexual parents are well-adjusted over time. Her most recent study, co-authored by doctoral students Sam Bruun and Kyle Simon, focuses on these same adopted children but goes a step further.

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