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Jakub Famulski, UK College of Arts and Sciences, has received an R01 grant for over $1.8 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the early formation of the anterior segment of the eye, which includes the cornea, iris, ciliary muscle, drainage canals and pupil.

Professor Guoqiang Yu, and collaborators Dr. Elie G Abu Jawdeh and Dr. Henrietta S Bada, have been awarded a two-year grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health.

Pilot funding from the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science is available in multiple collaborative and disease-focused categories. Letters of intent are due Feb. 22 for most categories.

Chad Risko, an assistant professor of chemistry in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2018 Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.

For the past four years, two junior faculty at UK have organized a symposium where outstanding scientists from UK and beyond present new scientific advances in women's heart health and explore translational cardiovascular research areas that merit further study.

Sixteen UK undergraduate researchers presented their research at the 17th annual Posters-at-the-Capitol in Frankfort on Feb. 8. Each had a chance to share their research with UK President Eli Capilouto as well as several state legislators.

In its ongoing efforts to offer Kentuckians the latest, most innovative cancer treatments available, the UK Markey Cancer Center recently launched the Precision Medicine Clinic, a new space dedicated to providing patients with increased access to phase I and phase II clinical trials.

Students, faculty, and alumni gathered to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the College of Nursing's doctoral program, which is ranked 8th in the nation.

Kentucky ranks fourth in the country in number of officially documented caves. Cave number 5,000 was discovered recently in Jackson County by Kentucky Speleological Survey member Bruce Isaacs.

Michelle Martel, an associate professor in psychology, is studying how hormones impact the expression of ADHD symptoms in young women.