Research Priorities - Diabetes & Obesity
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  • Oct 15 2024

The Barnstable Brown Gala has now donated more than $21 million for diabetes treatment and research from the proceeds of the annual party

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  • Oct 11 2024

UK researchers published their discovery that a key protein in the brain that can regulate motivation for reward in mice.

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  • Sep 19 2024

The NIDDK award will provide crucial support for a multi-institutional research team to take a new approach to the study of type 2 diabetes and obesity.

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  • Aug 20 2024

A new project at UK will expand new avenues to develop community-engaged health equity research expertise among early-stage investigators.

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  • Aug 20 2024

The fellowship empowers undergraduates to become leaders for their respective communities by providing opportunities to develop knowledge and skills through research within UK’s Research Priority Areas.

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  • Jul 19 2024

UK's Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center is proud to announce a transformative gift of $16 million from The Bill Gatton Foundation.

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  • Jun 21 2024

First Baptist Church Frankfort opened its doors to more than 500 individuals in the community to put an emphasis on their well-being.

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  • Jun 12 2024

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.

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  • Sep 11 2023

The University of Kentucky’s Vice President for Research and leading cardiovascular scientist is being recognized for her foundational work in the field of hypertension with a prestigious award from the American Heart Association (AHA).

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  • Aug 23 2023

The lab of Terry Hinds, Ph.D., is advancing scientific discovery at UK, and also helping undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows gain early experience with high-impact work.