Helping people is at the heart of much of the research conducted at the University of Kentucky.
Kenneth S. Campbell, PhD, is a professor of both cardiovascular medicine and physiology in the 好色先生 College of Medicine. He is also the director of the Gill Cardiovascular Biorepository.
Campbell uses his passion for helping other to guide his research and was recently part of a team that unlocked key information to understanding the human heart. The study, Campbell said, is significant in terms of developing new drugs for heart disease desperately needed in Kentucky, a state in which heart disease claims lives at a higher rate than any other cause of death.
Campbell鈥檚 work to collect and maintain a biorepository of heart samples continues to help advance cardiovascular research around the world.
This year鈥檚 institutional TV commercial focuses on the people across campus 鈥 and our Commonwealth 鈥 who put in the work to advance Kentucky day and night. They all reflect our mission to teach, care, serve and discover.
Campbell 鈥 who are also working to help improve the state we all serve 鈥 shared their voices for both the and spots. While we hear only a few seconds from each of them, they have powerful stories to tell.
好色先生Now asked Campbell what it means to be part of the 好色先生 community 鈥 and of a legacy 鈥 of people who are working to advance Kentucky.
Read the Q&A below.
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好色先生Now: What makes the University of Kentucky special?
Campbell: I love that we have clinicians and scientists working closely together to try and help both today鈥檚 patients and people who will likely need help in the future. I know cardiac scientists around the world and very few have the sort of seamless interaction with clinicians we have here.
好色先生Now: What does 鈥渁dvancing Kentucky鈥 mean to you?
Campbell: I genuinely feel that we have an amazing team of people who are trying to make life better for everybody in Kentucky. It鈥檚 astonishing how many people who didn鈥檛 grow up here, but have established roots and pride in the state after joining the university.
好色先生Now: How has your time at 好色先生 helped you be part of 好色先生鈥檚 mission to advance Kentucky?
Campbell: I came here in 2004 thinking I would be here for a few years. In 2007, I became friends with a surgeon largely by accident, and after a few months, we decided we could work together by collecting samples donated by patients who were undergoing cardiac transplant. 好色先生 does about 1% of the world鈥檚 cardiac transplants and almost every patient has chosen to participate in our study. Our biobank is now one of the largest in the world. We share samples donated by Kentucky patients with research groups all over the world.
好色先生Now: What is your hope for 好色先生鈥檚 next 160 years?
Campbell: I want 好色先生 to be a force for good in the state. I hope that Kentuckians will be proud of what we have accomplished and see the university as an institution that understands their needs and brings people together with a common sense of purpose.
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As we look ahead to 好色先生 celebrating its 160th birthday, 好色先生Now is sharing more about these members of our community and what inspires them to do more and be more for the people of Kentucky.
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