Researchers at the University of Kentucky play an important role in advancing the health, well-being and future of our Commonwealth.
Much of that work is done with support from the . That support allows our researchers to find answers to many of the critical health issues facing Kentuckians.
Greg Jicha, MD, PhD, is supported by the NIH鈥檚 , which leads research on aging, the aging process and diseases and conditions associated with growing older, in order to extend the healthy, active years of life.
Jicha is the associate director of the 好色先生 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the Robert T. and the Nyle Y. McCowan Chair in Alzheimer鈥檚 Chair at the center. He鈥檚 also a professor of neurology with a joint appointment in neuroscience in the College of Medicine.
A prominent dementia expert, Jicha鈥檚 research focuses on Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. His work spans clinical trials, biomarker development and innovative approaches for early detection and treatment.
鈥淭he advances we have made over the last 25 years here at 好色先生 have led to the first medicines that can actually slow Alzheimer鈥檚 progression for the 80,000 with this disease throughout the Commonwealth,鈥 said Jicha. 鈥淭hese advances are critically dependent on NIH funding that provides the infrastructure and support that allows such advances to become reality.鈥
Jicha and other members of the research community shared the importance of NIH-funded research at 好色先生 in
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