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Research Advancing Kentucky: Protecting the brain

NIH funding drives innovation in brain health. It also supports Dr. Luke Bradley’s research on protecting and restoring brain cells in diseases like Parkinson’s, leading to promising treatments.

16 students awarded CURE Fellowships

The CURE Fellowship provides students with the opportunity to engage in impactful, faculty-mentored research within seven of UK’s eight Research Priority Areas

Breaking barriers in brain health: Sanders-Brown’s 40-year legacy of Alzheimer’s research

For the past four decades, the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has been at the forefront of Alzheimer’s disease research.

Safiyah Sadek: Neuroscience major shares her research journey and celebrates crossing the finish line

Safiyah Sadek, is graduating with a degree in neuroscience and a minor in psychology from the UK College of Arts and Sciences, who is on the path to becoming an MD/PhD.

Research Advancing Kentucky: Transforming aging and brain health

With NIH support, Linda Van Eldik shares the importance of aging and dementia research at the Sander-Brown Center on Aging and UK's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.

UK researcher selected to work with Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Nigeria

Darlingtina K. Esiaka has been awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to work with the Research Center for Ageing Cognition and Psychological Health in Nigeria.

Fueling sleep: UK researchers show key metabolic link to restful nights

Research from UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has illuminated how the brain’s energy utilization significantly influences our sleep patterns. 

UK researchers uncover hidden barrier to spinal cord injury recovery

Dr. Andrew Stewart is investigating why treatments that could help repair and regenerate the damaged spinal cord stop working shortly after the injury has occurred.

13 UK undergraduates to present at Posters-at-the-Capitol

The 23rd annual Posters-at-the-Capitol event will feature research topics including community health, agricultural sustainability, renewable energy and public health and safety.

‘Behind the Blue’: Celebrating 40 years of Sanders-Brown’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

The UK Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is celebrating 40 years of research and community impact.

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