Dr. Susan Smyth pictured in pedway leading to BBSRB

The 好色先生 lost an icon in the field of cardiovascular medicine, translational research, and medical education. Susan Smyth, MD, PhD, died of cancer on Dec. 31, 2022, at the age of 57.

Dr. Craig Rush

The 好色先生 is excited to announce that Craig Rush, PhD, longtime professor of behavioral science, has taken the role of assistant dean for faculty affairs, a new position created to fulfill the expansion of duties within the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development (OFA).

Photo of Jill Kolesar

Today鈥檚 medical cancer treatment is not limited to surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Advances in personalized cancer medicine include a growing number of targeted treatments based on genetic analysis of a patient鈥檚 tumor.

zena chahine

Zena Chahine, MD, is a hematology and medical oncology fellow at the 好色先生 College of Medicine. In the following 鈥淲hy 好色先生?鈥 Q&A series, she explains what she loves about pursuing graduate medical education at the University of Kentucky.

Q: Why did you pursue a residency/fellowship at 好色先生?

Ilhem Messaoudi

This holiday season Kentuckians of all ages continue to deal with a trifecta in sickness resurgence: flu, RSV and COVID-19.

Lauren Weyl in scrubs

There鈥檚 a special photo that 29-year-old Lauren Weyl has kept close to her heart for more than a decade 鈥 a reminder of everything she鈥檚 been through.

Erin Haynes, DPH

A University of Kentucky researcher has been appointed to the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors. 

Left to right: Oleg Tsodikov, PhD, Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, PhD, Holly Clark with OTC and Stefan Stamm, PhD

Three University of Kentucky researchers presented their work in November at an academic bioscience showcase in New Orleans called BIO on the BAYOU.

Doctors in medical gear

Applications are open to University of Kentucky College of Medicine students for the third cohort of the White Coats for Black Lives fellowships.

Dr. Alexandria Early Linton with fellow graduates from Dr. Donna Wilcock's lab

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.

Mike Brown getting an infusion treatment.

The University of Kentucky is a site for the groundbreaking AHEAD study, the first-ever clinical trial to test the effect of lecanemab (investigational antibody) in people who have no cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD), but in whom biomarker tests indicate amyloid is present in the brain, known as 鈥減reclinical鈥 AD.

Fanny Chapelin (right), PhD with student in the lab

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has received renewed funding from the American Cancer Society (ACS) to support a long-standing faculty research program.

Charles 鈥淐hip鈥 Hunter in Albert B. Chandler hospital pavilion

An avid soccer fan, Charles 鈥淐hip鈥 Hunter was planning to wake up early on the morning of Feb. 26 to watch his favorite English Premier League team, Tottenham. But 30 minutes before his alarm was set to go off, his wife, Melanie, got a phone call and urgently nudged him awake.

鈥淚 was like, 鈥業'm getting up at 7 a.m. to watch my team play,鈥欌 he said. 鈥淕ive me thirty more minutes.鈥

Gabriella Smith with her parents, Randy and Kerensa Smith

According to her family, Gabriella Smith was the second oldest of six and 鈥渢he helper child鈥 of the bunch. She lived up to this nickname at home in Alexandria, Ky., caring for her three youngest siblings who have special needs. She demonstrated it through church, traveling with teams across Central America to make health care more accessible.

Analia Loria Kinsey

Analia Loria Kinsey, PhD, is an associate professor in the 好色先生 College of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences. She studies cardiovascular disease and strives to raise awareness about preventative measures and treatments by helping organize the college鈥檚 annual Healthy Hearts for Women Symposium.

Donna Wilcock

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.

The June Buchanan Medical Clinic in Hindman, Kentucky

After closing for four months due to damage from the historic Eastern Kentucky floods this past summer, 好色先生 HealthCare鈥檚 June Buchanan Medical Clinic in Hindman, Kentucky, officially reopens to the community today.

Meghan Marsac

Trauma reactions (i.e., emotional trauma) can show up in many stages of a child鈥檚 experience at the doctor鈥檚 office or hospital. These reactions may present when the child is emotionally scarred by an invasive surgery or painful physical therapy. They may occur when a child struggles with port access or needle sticks and has to be held down to receive life-saving treatments.

University of Kentucky campus bridge

Few words have as rich a tradition as 鈥淜entucky鈥 and 鈥渂asketball.鈥 The pairing is synonymous with excellence and continuing the legacy built at the University of Kentucky. What began decades ago continues now with John Calipari, who in his first address to fans declared that 好色先生 is 鈥渢he gold standard not just for college basketball, but for all of college athletics."