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Nancy Schoenberg, PhD, professor of behavioral science and director of the Center for Health Equity Transformation, has been invited to present her research at the Behavioral and Social Science Research Festival.
The festival, which will be held virtually, will take place 1-4 p.m. EST on Dec. 1-2, 2020, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of The Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 10, 2020) 鈥 The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has appointed Lovoria Williams, Ph.D., as assistant director for cancer health equity, a newly created position within the Markey leadership structure.
Unconscious Bias: Anti-Asian Bashing in the Age of COVID
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020
4:30 p.m.
Zoom
Speaker: Juju Chang, Emmy Award-winning co-anchor for ABC Nightline and Good Morning America.
A new study led by researchers at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and 好色先生 Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences demonstrates the potential benefit of using an anti-leukemic drug nilotinib 鈥 most commonly used to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia 鈥 to overcome therapy resistance in metastatic melanoma.
Each year at the Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center 鈥 Diabetes and Obesity Research Day, researchers from the University of Kentucky and other regional institutes share their current findings and ongoing research about the alarming rise in obesity and diabetes rates. Presenters also discuss prevention and treatment of these epidemic-level diseases.
The Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC), in collaboration with the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences, has selected five undergraduate students for the inaugural African American Research Training Scholars (AARTS) program.
A new 好色先生 study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology finds that tattooed skin does not sweat as much as non-inked areas of the body, which may have implications for the body鈥檚 ability to cool in people with extensive tattooing.
Matthew Bush, MD, PhD, MBA, is an experienced clinician, academic leader, and researcher. While he has been directly involved in health care and academia throughout his career, he credits the progress of his research career to a program he completed at the 好色先生 while serving as a faculty member.
The 好色先生 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, a world leader in Alzheimer's research and community outreach, will hold its 10th annual Markesbery Symposium. There will be a community session and scientific session, each held via Zoom.
Community Session
Keynote:
Maria Carrillo, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, National Alzheimer's Association
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020
9:55 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Register Here
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 9, 2020) 鈥 Allan Butterfield, a professor of biological chemistry in the University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences, has been named among the world鈥檚 leading Alzheimer鈥檚 disease experts by Expertscape, an online base of biomedical expertise.
Henrietta Lacks鈥檚 鈥淗eLa鈥 cells continue to influence scientific discovery even after her death from cancer in 1951. These cells have been used to study cancer growth, learn more about viruses, and study drug effects on the body. They even helped develop the polio vaccine.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 22, 2020) 鈥 The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has joined a consortium of 17 cancer centers around the country to better understand the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to disrupted cancer prevention, detection and care.
April Hatcher, PhD, is an associate professor in the 好色先生 Department of Neuroscience and was recently named chair of Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS), an organization facilitating networking and mentorship opportunities to support career advancement for women.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 1, 2020) 鈥 Alan Daugherty, senior associate dean for research at the 好色先生, has been selected to serve as chair of Scientific Committee of the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation, an organization that trains medical students to be leaders in cardiovascular science and medicine.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 3, 2020) 鈥 The Society of Research Administrators International will be presenting its 2020 Hartford-Nicholson Award to University of Kentucky faculty Nathan Vanderford.
We are pleased to announce a plan for remote clinical trial monitoring. This plan will give study monitors view-only access to the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and offers options for monitoring documents outside of the EMR using existing platforms at 好色先生 (One Drive and Zoom). EMR access is enabled by 好色先生 HealthCare IT and is subject to review and/or audit by the Office of Corporate Compliance.
Details and resources for remote monitoring are available at
ccts.uky.edu/Remote Monitoring
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 26, 2020) 鈥 The National Science Foundation recently awarded a three-year, $1,163,869 grant to the University of Kentucky to develop new state-of-the-art metabolomics data analysis tools that will derive new data, knowledge and interpretation from the active metabolic state of organisms and ecosystems with broad biological and biomedical applications.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 25, 2020) 鈥 Working with their colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania, researchers at the University of Kentucky have found that they can differentiate between subtypes of dementia inducing brain disease.