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Y.T. Cheng, a professor in the UK College of Engineering and College of Arts and Sciences, has received the highest professional accolade bestowed solely to academic inventors.

Last summer, a group from the UK Brain Restoration center, led by Dr. Craig van Horne, capped off a series of conferences held at a number of renowned Chinese university hospitals by performing the first-ever deep brain stimulation surgery for a Parkinson’s disease patient at The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in Henan, China.

Angela Gutierrez is the third UK student to receive the Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award. Bradley Newsome won in 2014 and Nicki Baker in 2012.

A strong example of collaboration across UK colleges is aimed at improving farm safety and health in the Commonwealth.

A new collaboration using resources from the UK Markey Cancer Center, FCC, NCI, and more will evaluate how to use telecommunications to improve access to cancer care for patients in Eastern Kentucky.

Through the new First Bridge Clinic, located at the University of Kentucky Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, Walsh, Lofwall and Fanucchi are creating a new setting where patients can receive evidence-based care for OUD.

Chocolate pricing and purchases is a popular topic this time of year and a couple of UK researchers have looked into it.

UK’s Office of Undergraduate Research recently announced the student winners of the 53rd annual Oswald Research and Creativity Competition.

The CLIK is a four-week intensive leadership development training program offered in Hazard, Kentucky, designed to enhance research and capacity-building competencies in community leaders, senior staff, directors and administrators who work to improve health and wellbeing.

After interviewing women who identify as bisexual, lesbian and heterosexual, a study from UK researchers is contributing to the understanding of how desire is influenced by issues such as sexism, religion, sexual orientation discrimination and more.