UK Research News

UK Fulbright Scholar Researches Anemia in Peruvian Children

Jan 9, 2020, 10:01 AM

Ana Maria Linares, associate professor in UK’s College of Nursing, traveled to Peru this past March 2019 to research the cause of iron-deficiency anemia in Peruvian children at the National University of San Luis Gonzaga.

Training Program Empowers Kentuckians to Take Control of Their Health

Jan 7, 2020, 8:05 AM

Jean Edward, and her colleagues, developed a training program for community health workers to help them educate others about health insurance.

UK Program Inspires New Research in Women’s Health

Jan 3, 2020, 8:11 AM

Funded by NIDA and the Office of Research on Women’s Health at NIH, BIRCWH gives UK scholars training, collaboration and mentoring opportunities that enable them to develop independent research programs in women’s health.

Research Facility Embodies Promise to be the University for Kentucky

Dec 18, 2019, 8:20 AM

UK Research had much to celebrate in 2019, growth in research awards—up 25% from FY18 to FY19—to the largest grant in UK’s history, the $87 million HEALing Communities Study from NIH that aims to reduce opioid overdose deaths by 40% in three years.

Employers Key to Addressing Lung Cancer Disparity in Rural Kentucky

Dec 18, 2019, 8:15 AM

The UK College of Public Health, in coordination with UofL and the Kentucky Cancer Consortium, have created a worksite intervention on lung cancer, which targets work sites with predominantly male employees in eight rural and medically underserved counties in southern Kentucky.

UK Working to Combat Martin County Obesity Rates

Nov 22, 2019, 8:34 AM

Faculty and staff with the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment are collaborating with many community leaders in Martin County to improve the county’s built environment infrastructure, increase food accessibility and encourage healthier eating and shopping.