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On Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 Cassi Friday was presented with the 好色先生 College of Medicine Department of Physiology's 15th annual Brian J. Hardin Award.
The year 2022 has been one 鈥渨ild ride鈥 for Alexandria Early Linton, PhD.
This was her final year of her PhD. She defended her thesis while 33 weeks pregnant with her first child, and she had her baby on the day of Awards Convocation when it was announced she won the inaugural Dr. Madhav and Dr. Radhika Devalaraja Outstanding Graduate Student Thesis Award.
The 好色先生鈥檚 Salvation Army Clinic is a student-run, free clinic that serves as a learning environment for medical, pharmacy, and social work students while providing acute onsite health care for uninsured patients at the Salvation Army of Central Kentucky.
On Thursday, December 8, 2022 Cassi Friday successfully defended her dissertation and earned her doctoral degree. Congratulations Dr. Friday!
The Influence of APOE Genotype on Lipid Droplet Dynamics
Donna Wilcock, PhD, wears many hats at the University of Kentucky, all of which are roles that help advance education and research in the Commonwealth, particularly in the realm of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. Dr. Wilcock is assistant dean for biomedicine at the 好色先生 College of Medicine, as well as associate director of Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. She is also the Robert P. and Mildred A.
During Indigenous Peoples鈥 Month, the 好色先生 College of Medicine is highlighting historical figures who paved the way for an equitable future in medicine.
A University of Kentucky researcher has received a prestigious honor recognizing his decades of work in cardiovascular health.
Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc, was named the 2022 George Lyman Duff Memorial Lecturer at the American Heart Association鈥檚 (AHA) Scientific Sessions.
Tianfei Hou, Aaron N Chacon, Wen Su,
Donna Wilcock, PhD, of the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) was awarded a $1.7 million National Institutes of Health grant for her lab鈥檚 exploration of adverse effects of two new Alzheimer鈥檚 disease drugs 鈥 aducanumab and lecanemab 鈥斺 which have been shown to slow the progression of cognitive decline.
For the second consecutive year, the 好色先生 has received the 2022 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is proud to announce the fourth annual 5-Minute Fast Track Research Competition finalists. These undergraduates competed in the competition鈥檚 preliminary round and were selected as Top 10 finalists to present their research during the final round 5-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.
Dennd5b plays a pivotal role in intestinal absorption of dietary lipids and is associated with body mass index in humans. This study examined the impact of whole-body Dennd5b deletion on plasma lipid concentrations, atherosclerosis, and hepatic lipid metabolism.
Originally Posted October 4, 2022: https://molecularneurodegeneration.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s鈥
Lesley R. Golden and Lance A. Johnson
To enable the 好色先生 to succeed in its mission for a healthier Kentucky, leadership must prioritize the wellness and well-being of faculty, staff, and learners. Lisa Williams, MSSA, is serving in the college鈥檚 new leadership position, associate dean for wellness and well-being, to help us excel in this goal.
The Alzheimer鈥檚 Association welcomes the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Donna M. Wilcock, PhD, as the new editor-in-chief of Alzheimer鈥檚 & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer鈥檚 Association.
Embryonic Heterogeneity of Smooth Muscle Cells in the Complex Mechanisms of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Retired NASA astronaut Story Musgrave and Space Tango co-creator Kris Kimel will discuss Musgrave鈥檚 career during a Kentucky Humanities event 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct 13, at the Worsham Cinema in the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Gatton Student Center.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common forms of liver disease across the globe. One major risk factor of NAFLD is obesity, which approximately 36% of Kentuckians face, according to America鈥檚 Health Rankings.