Cancer Research Priority Area

KCH awarded $2.5 million grant to support pediatric cancer research

Oct 13, 2025, 9:50 AM

Kentucky Children’s Hospital was awarded $2.5 million from the Kentucky Pediatric Cancer Research Trust Fund to support research efforts around reducing the morbidity, mortality and long-term complications of pediatric cancer.

Jessica Blackburn using a blacklight in the dark to examine a zebrafish

Zebrafish research reveals new hope for pediatric cancer

Oct 10, 2025, 8:21 AM

At UK's Markey Cancer Center, Jennifer Blackburn is researching a tiny tropical fish with the hope of impacting the way we treat pediatric cancer.

Brittany Beshear speaks as the Kentucky Pediatric Cancer Research Trust Fund presents a check on stage

First Lady Britainy Beshear, Kentucky Pediatric Cancer Research Trust Fund presents grant for childhood cancer patients at UK

Sep 25, 2025, 6:02 AM

$500,000 was presented to the UK Markey Cancer Foundation for the Care Advancing Treatment Succession (CATS) Financial Assistance Fund for pediatric cancer patients and their families

The new book by students in Markey’s ACTION program shares their perspectives on Appalachia’s cancer crisis through fictional stories and poems.

Markey ACTION students give voice to Appalachian cancer crisis in latest book

Sep 15, 2025, 6:31 AM

A new book by students in Markey’s ACTION program shares their perspectives on Appalachia’s cancer crisis through fictional stories and poems.

Smoking status should influence lung cancer staging, new study shows

Sep 8, 2025, 7:17 AM

The UK Markey Cancer Center’s Graham Warren and international collaborators led a groundbreaking study that could change the way lung cancer is diagnosed and treated.

Ka Wing Fong standing in his lab with other researchers

Markey study identifies molecular pathway that drives advanced prostate cancer

Aug 27, 2025, 7:20 AM

UK researchers have identified a cellular pathway that fuels the progression of aggressive, drug-resistant prostate cancer.

Mini Symposium: Advances in Prostate Cancer Research and Treatment

Oct 14, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Mini-Symposium (Virtual) on Advances in Prostate Cancer Research and Treatment organized by the North America and Europe Chapters of the Markey Global Cancer Consortium. More information here: https://www.globalcancerconsortia.org/mini-symposium

Cancer Metabolism Symposium

Nov 20, 2025, 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM

The University of Kentucky COBRE for Cancer and Metabolism is pleased to announce the annual Cancer & Metabolism Symposium that will occur in collaboration with 4 other COBRE programs from the University of Arizona for Medical Sciences, University Oklahoma Health Science Center, University of Louisville and Tulane University on November 20, 2025.

Krystle Kuhs: 2025-26 University Research Professor Q&A

Jul 29, 2025, 7:14 AM

Krystle Kuhs, professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health in the College of Public Health, has been honored as a 2025-26 University Research Professor.

Markey study identifies new target for obesity-related breast cancer

Jul 29, 2025, 7:12 AM

UK Markey Cancer Center researchers have identified a protein that could be a promising treatment target for obesity-related breast cancer.

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