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Gregory A. Jicha: 2024-25 University Research Professor Q&A

Jul 22, 2024, 7:19 AM

Gregory A. Jicha has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.

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UK neurologist advocates for AI, ultrasound to help prevent blindness from giant cell arteritis

Jun 26, 2024, 8:08 AM

Avasarala’s recent article calls for a rapid, “on-the-spot” diagnosis and treatment as the only way forward to prevent blindness caused by the disease.

UK showcases community-based, health-focused research during NIH delegation visit

Jun 12, 2024, 6:52 AM

UK Research welcomed Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., the NIH director, to the Healthy Kentucky Research Building — a space dedicated to enabling multidisciplinary teams to find solutions to reduce the health disparities greatly impacting Kentucky.

Sanders-Brown study: Long-read RNA sequencing reveals key gene expressions in Alzheimer’s disease

Jun 6, 2024, 7:21 AM

Researchers at UK's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are working to develop a pre-symptomatic disease diagnostic tool for Alzheimer’s disease.

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Addressing disparities in Alzheimer's disease through culturally tailored health information

May 22, 2024, 7:04 AM

Frankfort, Kentucky, has the nation’s second-highest prevalence of Alzheimer’s in Black adults. Yolanda Jackson, a clinician dietitian pursuing a Ph.D. in health communications, is working to develop accessible information about modifiable risk factors for the disease.

UK researchers 1st to show multiple sclerosis drug can be used as Alzheimer’s therapy

Sep 1, 2023, 6:58 AM

A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky has found that a drug used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) is potentially effective as a therapy for Alzheimer’s disease.

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging featured in special on WKYT this Monday

Aug 31, 2023, 6:48 AM

Labor Day, September 4, WKYT-TV, is highlighting the world-class work going on at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. The Lexington-based CBS affiliate will air a 30-minute special on their second station, The CW, at 6:30 p.m.

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UK social work researcher to study effects of PTSD on dementia

Jun 21, 2023, 7:20 AM

Karen Lawrence, Ph.D., M.S.W., will work to better understand the connection between PTSD and dementia by analyzing data from 42 Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers across the U.S.

UK researchers receive funding to study how genetic factors contribute to dementia

Jun 16, 2023, 7:21 AM

A Sanders-Brown Center on Aging project will focus on how genetic factors contribute to dementia. The work was recently awarded funding from the National Institute on Aging that will total more than $1.7 million.

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Sanders-Brown publication makes cover of recent Journal of Neuroscience issue

Apr 11, 2023, 8:04 AM

The first published work coming from a multi-million-dollar grant received last year by a team from the University of Kentucky recently made the cover of the Journal of Neuroscience.

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