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Community Leadership of Kentucky Accepting Applications for 2019 Cohort

CLIK provides research training, professional development and a small grant to community leaders who are working to reduce health disparities, with a particular focus on Appalachian counties. The program is offered in Hazard, Kentucky. Applications are due Dec. 18.

Kentucky Can Stem the Tide of Opioid Abuse and Addiction

Kentucky families know better than most the plague of addiction. But there is hope. There is us.

UK Office of Technology Commercialization, Partners Receive RISE Grant from KY CED

The Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development is investing $750,000 to support startups and entrepreneurs in Lexington and Central Kentucky under this initiative.

UK CAER Receives $2.9 Million to Expand Groundbreaking Carbon Capture Research

The project is part of DOE’s Carbon Capture Program, which is developing transformational, step-change, low-cost capture processes and enabling technologies that will maximize the efficiency of our nation's fossil-based power generation infrastructure.

Two UK Students Bring Home Gold Following Research Competitions

Last week, UK graduate and undergraduate students competed in the final rounds of the inaugural 5-Minute Fast Track Research Competition and the 3-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT), academic competitions that cultivates students’ presentation and research communication skills, and challenges students to describe their research in a short period of time.

'Behind the Blue': UK’s Alexander Vazsonyi Studies Factors Impacting Child and Adolescent Development

On this week’s episode of “Behind the Blue,” UKPR and Marketing‘s Carl Nathe talks with Alexander Vazsonyi, a professor in the Department of Family Sciences.

Partnership to Use Data-Driven Approach to Curb the Opioid Crisis

A multidisciplinary team of UK physicians and researchers will collaborate with additional specialists to develop diagnosis-specific educational materials to address opioid pain management options post-discharge, pain management alternatives to opioids and information on safe opioid use, storage and disposal.

Gentry Receives National Award for Outstanding Mentorship

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced that University of Kentucky's Matthew Gentry has received the Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship.

UK Study Finds Promising Therapeutic Target for Aggressive Type of Breast Cancer

A new Nature Communications study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers suggests that an enzyme known as Prolyl 4-hydroxylase subunit alpha-1 (P4HA1) is a potential therapeutic target for triple negative breast cancer.

UK's Beyond Birth Program Moves to New Location, Expands Services for Mothers with Opioid Addiction

PATHways and Beyond Birth program participant Bethany shares her recovery story to help others and thank those who helped her.

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