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Leadership

  • Nada Porter, PhD

    • Chair, Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences
  • Simon Fisher, MD, PhD

    • Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
    • Director, Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
  • Missing photo: placeholder image for Allison Waters

    Allison Waters

    • Administrative Staff Officer II - Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences
    • 859.323.4618

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Leadership Structure

 

Internal Advisory Board

Coming soon

Participating Colleges

  • College of Agriculture, Food and Environment 
  • College of Arts and Sciences
  • College of Education 
  • College of Engineering
  • College of Health Sciences
  • College of Medicine 
  • College of Nursing 
  • College of Pharmacy 
  • College of Public Health
  • College of Social Work
  • Gatton College of Business & Economics

Participating Centers & Alliances

  • Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center

UK COM Alliance Research Initiative

Alliances supported by the RPA:
  • ADORE - Alliance for Diabetes and Obesity Research
  • ADAM - Alliance for Reduction of Diabetes Associated Microvascular Dysfunction
  • TRIPPPLe - Translations of Research Interventions in Practice, Populations and Policy Leadership

Quick links

  • Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
  • Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences
  • 2022 Summer Research Student Fellowships
  • NIH Research Matters- a weekly update of NIH research highlights
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  • Lexington, KY 40506-0679
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