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Following the data: Terry Bunn’s public health mission in Kentucky

Two life events have quietly redirected Terry Bunn's professional path, first into epidemiology and occupational health and later into drug overdose prevention and recovery.

Drug Overdose and Related Comorbidity County Profiles Dashboard Updated

The latest update to the Drug Overdose and Related Comorbidity County Profiles Dashboard adds new data, regional views, and features long requested by dashboard users.

UK awarded $7.2 million to reduce overdose risk among justice-involved women

UK researchers are co-leading a new $7.2 million NIH-funded study testing overdose prevention strategies for women transitioning from jail back into rural Kentucky.

Preeminent US history journal features UK professor’s essay

In a new essay, historian Claire Clark examines how confronting past choices in scholarship can redirect a scholar’s path and cultivate insight.

Call for proposals: Commonwealth Undergraduate Research Experience Fellowship

The UK Office of Undergraduate Research is accepting proposals for the 2026 Commonwealth Undergraduate Research Experience Fellowship.

The pharmacist who put rescue in reach

Daniel Wermeling, inventor of naloxone nasal spray, has changed the way opioid overdose cases are managed.

Registration open for 8th annual Substance Use Research Event

The University of Kentucky’s eighth annual Substance Use Research Event (SURE) will be March 10, 2026.

UK team selected for national research advocacy program

A UK team has been selected for the 2025-26 Scholars Transforming Through Research Program of the Council on Undergraduate Research. The five-month program culminates in a two-day event in Washington, D.C.

Rising Stars Symposium to recognize innovative substance use disorder researchers

UK’s Substance Use Priority Research Area (SUPRA) will host the Rising Stars Symposium on Oct. 21 to highlight different perspectives in research on substance use disorders.

Mentorship in action: UK faculty guiding next generation of researchers

Each year the Office of Undergraduate Research presents mentor awards, recognizing faculty who provide outstanding guidance, foster exceptional undergraduate research experiences and strongly support research initiatives across campus.

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