Hosted by the University of Kentucky Saha Cardiovascular Research Center and the UK Gill Heart & Vascular Institute, the event celebrates innovative research in cardiovascular health.
Thanks to a $5.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, a College of Medicine team will study the culprit behind thoracic aortic aneurysms, which could lead to treating the potentially deadly disease.
The short game of VITAL is to generate publications and collaborate on grants that fund critical research projects. The long game is a much greater goal.
Scott M. Gordon, assistant professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine has been appointed to the editorial leadership team of The Journal of Lipid Research.
“More women die of heart disease than all cancers combined,” Dr. Gretchen Wells said. “Most people are usually shocked when I tell them that, but it is true. Heart disease is the number one killer of women.”
Depression can be harder to address in rural parts of Kentucky where not only is there a shortage of mental health providers, there is a stigma surrounding mental health.
Dr. Emma Birks, UK HealthCare's heart failure section chief, is working on a new treatment therapy that recovers the hearts of some patients with advanced-stage chronic heart failure and ultimately cut down the number of heart transplants needed.
Mudd-Martin is testing the effectiveness of two interventions aimed at encouraging healthy behaviors such as physical activity, healthy eating and smoking cessation for the populations of rural areas of Bourbon, Rowan, Nicholas and other nearby counties.
The mission of Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation is to develop medical students throughout their careers into the next generation of leaders in cardiovascular innovation, research and medicine by providing mentored research experience and lifelong community.
