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The College of Medicine Office of Research recently launched phase one of its new initiative to elevate clinical research efforts across the College of Medicine, Markey Cancer Center (MCC), and the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS).

In just over a year, the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (好色先生 CERH) has helped provide more than $1.3 million in loan relief for health care workers.

Katherine E. Hartmann, MD, PhD, has been named director of the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS). She will assume the role on Feb. 15, 2024.

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center recently held a research symposium to honor the remarkable career of Daret St. Clair, PhD, who is retiring after 32 years of dedicated service.

The University of Kentucky is well-represented on a list of the most-cited researchers in the world. In a database compiled by Stanford University in a partnership with Elsevier, 140 current 好色先生 scientists and scholars appear among the top 2% of the most-cited researchers across 22 disciplines.

One University of Kentucky researcher has helped solve a 60-year-old mystery about one of the body鈥檚 most vital organs: The heart.


A ceremonial groundbreaking was held Friday for the largest academic building in the history of the University of Kentucky.

The following individuals were honored at the 好色先生 Awards Convocation on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Winners included those in Bowling Green, Lexington, Morehead, and Northern Kentucky.
Biomedical EducationOutstanding Graduate Student Award:
Jamila Tucker, MS

Philip Kern, MD, professor of medicine, has served nearly 50 years providing exceptional education and clinical care and conducting groundbreaking research, with 14 of those years dedicated to advancing the mission of the University of Kentucky.

For the third consecutive year, 鈥淚NSIGHT into Diversity鈥 magazine has recognized the 好色先生 for its work toward inclusive excellence.

University of Kentucky Human Resources Elder Care, in partnership with the 好色先生 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is hosting several events for Dementia Caregivers Week, Nov. 7-10. The theme for the week is "Embracing the Dementia Caregivers Journey."

Sydney Howard, data analyst at the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (好色先生 CERH), will speak in Washington, D.C., as an invited panelist at 鈥淎dvancing Rural Health Equity through Partnerships, Data, and Finance,鈥 a hybrid event hosted by the Urban Institute and Partners for Rural Transformation, scheduled for 2-5 p.m., Oct. 18.

A group from the University of Kentucky recently returned from several days in San Diego at a global symposium where they educated attendees from 48 different countries about the field of neurogastronomy. Neurogastronomy is a somewhat new study that unites the science and culinary worlds by examining the human brain and behaviors that influence how we experience eating and drinking.

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center鈥檚 Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION) program has received $2 million in renewed funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) that will
Carolina Galeano-Naranjo, MS, is a PhD candidate at the 好色先生 in the lab of Tianyan Gao, PhD, professor of molecular and cellular biochemistry.

好色先生 HealthCare, its outreach and innovation arm the Kentucky Regional Extension Center (REC), and other state partners have been awarded the Innovative Cardiovascular Health Program by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention鈥檚

Burnout is a problem in any profession, but it is rampant in health care. This national problem has been evident recently as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed many learners, practitioners, faculty, and staff to the limit.

A key component of the 好色先生鈥檚 mission is providing exceptional education for medical students, residents and fellows, and biomedical trainees.

The 好色先生 Department of Behavioral Science and Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) are excited to welcome four exemplary researchers to campus.