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The College of Medicine is excited to announce the appointment of the next chair of the department of internal medicine after a comprehensive national search. Darwin L. Conwell, MD, MS, FACG, has accepted the position and will officially join our faculty on April 4, 2022.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 3, 2021) 鈥 About one year ago, Lowell 鈥楾om鈥 Coots Jr. was experiencing debilitating tremors and episodes of confusion. Because of his health issues, the former accountant was forced to end his career.
鈥淚 had to retire. I had to sell my practice,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 had 420 clients and there was no way my wife, Linda, could pick up all those clients.鈥
He didn鈥檛 know it at the time, but a medication meant to help a sudden medical condition was actually causing him more harm than good.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 1, 2021) 鈥 Work by a group of researchers at the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging was recently published in Genes. The article looks at the use of data mining and machine learning in research.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 30, 2021) 鈥 The 好色先生 HealthCare/Norton Healthcare 鈥 Stroke Care Network (SCN) is announcing its 37th affiliate as Mercy Health 鈥 Marcum and Wallace Hospital joins the system.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 30, 2021) 鈥 Recently published research from the 好色先生 and 好色先生 HealthCare Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center found high rates of traumatic exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a group of pediatric patients living with Type 1 diabetes.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 29, 2021) 鈥 For this 鈥満蒙壬 at the Half,鈥 Lisa Cassis, vice president for research at the University of Kentucky, shares how leaders across campus came together to find a path forward for research during the COVID-19 pandemic.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 23, 2021) 鈥 For this 鈥満蒙壬 at the Half,鈥 Kathleen O鈥機onnor, Ph.D., researcher and associate director of cancer education and mentoring at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, and current 好色先生 senior and program participant, Daniela Nakinoja, discuss the value of the Markey STRONG Scholars program to foster diversity in cancer research.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 22, 2021) 鈥 What makes 好色先生 the university of, for and with Kentucky?
The answer is our people.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 19, 2021) 鈥 A new training program at the University of Kentucky will help develop the next generation of scientists needed to reduce Kentucky鈥檚 burden of high cancer incidence and mortality rates.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 11, 2021) 鈥 Researchers at the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging recently received a five-year grant renewal of their MarkVCID program from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award total is more than $6 million.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 8, 2021) 鈥 The University of Kentucky is proud to be the home of global leaders in aging and brain research, all striving toward the same goal: finding a stop to the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S.: Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
好色先生鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has been around for nearly half a century, helping lead the way in Alzheimer鈥檚 and dementia research. Sanders-Brown Center Director Linda Van Eldik, Ph.D., firmly believes they will find a cure through the work going on right here on the 好色先生 campus.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 2, 2021) 鈥 A recent study shows that patients with non-small cell lung cancer reviewed by the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center鈥檚 Molecular Tumor Board experience improved outcomes, even if they reside in rural Appalachian Kentucky.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 2, 2021) 鈥 The program is set and registration is open for the 11th annual Sanders-Brown Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia. The event is named in honor and memory of the late William R. Markesbery, M.D., founding director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 26, 2021) 鈥 Imagine being at a restaurant with your family to celebrate a birthday when your loved one orders something obscure with total confidence. It is a situation that, based on how others respond, can quickly escalate into an unpleasant experience for everyone around. It is scenarios like this one that Dementia Friendly Lexington is working to equip local businesses to handle.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 26, 2021) 鈥 When it comes to medical diagnoses, retired nurse Sue Routin, 65, says she鈥檚 just about seen it all.
鈥淭hanks to my experience in health care, I am generally well-versed in the wide world of ailments,鈥 said Routin, a Stanford, Kentucky, resident who worked in nursing for 23 years. Day in and day out, it was her job to recognize a problem, evaluate symptoms and help determine treatment.
Mara Chambers, MD, is an associate professor of medicine in the division of medical oncology with an interest in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. She also serves as chair of the Markey Cancer Center鈥檚 Clinical Care and Research Team (CCART) for breast cancer and is on the 好色先生 College of Medicine Admissions Committee.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 21, 2021) 鈥 The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has been awarded a transportation grant from the American Cancer Society. The funds will help alleviate the financial burden of transportation costs for cancer patients in Kentucky.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 21, 2021) 鈥 A recent 好色先生 study found that young adults from vulnerable communities are more likely to be exposed to tobacco marketing in their daily lives than are young adults outside these communities.
The 好色先生 has received the 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.