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A recently published study from University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging researcher Justin Miller, Ph.D., found 11 rare genetic variants spanning 10 genes, including previously unknown variants in two known Alzheimer's disease risk genes.

Beverly May, Dr.P.H., won this year’s UK-CARES award for her contributions to health care as a family nurse practitioner in Appalachian Kentucky.

The cluster is known as the "Northern Clump" and is located about 690 million light years from Earth. Astronomers are calling it an "intergalactic highway."

During Alex Flannery's tenure in critical care, the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy assistant professor and 2011 graduate, saw many cases of sepsis and acute kidney injury, which have no cure. Flannery’s background in pharmacology sparked an interest in learning more about how to treat these diseases.

Former Wildcat Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is using his platform to help raise awareness around stuttering, a speech disorder that affects roughly 1% of the population.

Akhira Umar’s project, titled “Black Hair: Back to Their Roots,” focuses on the often-politicized subject of African American hair.

The program offers guidance and scholarships to women who are nearing the completion of their undergraduate degrees and are seeking entry into professional health care programs.

Time-restricted eating, a routine in which eating is limited to a specific window each day, helped prevent and improve diabetes-related nocturnal hypertension in mice.

The Human Development Institute (HDI) will be leading an effort to improve capacity of health care to serve children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families throughout Kentucky.

 "Beyond the Black and White Screen: Seeing/Reading Race in Social Media, Films and Society" is a free interactive workshop is designed to teach participants how to “read” race, racism and whiteness in media while also modeling pedagogies to engage in antiracist teaching practices.