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Jan 21 2020

CAER Project Seeks to Create More Environmentally Friendly, Stronger Cement

Cement production is the world’s second largest source of carbon dioxide emissions. CAER received a two-year, $1.3 million grant to develop extremely durable belite-based cement that is low-energy consuming and low-carbon dioxide releasing.

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Jan 24 2020
UK Launches $15 Million KeY Treat Study in Perry County

UK officials provided updates on the Kentucky Viral Hepatitis Treatment Project (KeY Treat), a three-year, $15 million study co-funded by NCI and NIDA with the ultimate goal of eradicating the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Perry County, KY.
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Jan 24 2020
'Behind the Blue': University of Kentucky Researcher Leads $3 Million Addiction Treatment Study

UK recently received $3 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on General Medical Sciences to fund new opioid-related research in the criminal justice system.
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Jan 24 2020
HEAL Researchers Honored at UK Basketball Game

The HEALing Communities Initiative grant from the National Institutes of Health totals $87 million, the largest in its history, and is focused over the next three years on reducing opioid-related deaths by 40 percent in 16 counties in KY.
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Jan 17 2020
UK's Janoski to Release 3 Books Instrumental to Political Sociology, Lean Production

Thomas Janoski, professor in the Department of Sociology at UK, will celebrate the release of three books this year. Janoski' s research combines political sociology with economic sociology, while comparing countries and economies.

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Series Spotlight People Behind Our Research

Why do we want you to meet our researchers?

The scientists and scholars at the University of Kentucky are remarkable people. Some of them have a very personal connection to field they have chosen: a family member battling addiction or disease. Some of them began their journey based on curiosity. A drive to find out why the world works the way it does.

What they all have in common is a passion to ignite progress and partner across fields and with communities to confront, head on, the most profound challenges. Research can do that, and our researchers tell you why and how.

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May 23 2019
Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf and the Epigenetics of Cancer

Could people in Eastern Kentucky, whose primary water sources have high levels of arsenic, take zinc to prevent cancer? Cancer epigeneticist Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf says her data points to this non-invasive fix.
Mar 8 2019
Michele Staton's Research Passion is Helping Incarcerated Women Address Substance Abuse

For International Women's Day and Women's History Month, we are highlighting women of UK. Researcher and Appalachian Kentucky native Michele Staton has a passion to help incarcerated women struggling with substance abuse.
Dec 4 2018
UK Physiologist Uses Biomechanics to Understand Lung Healing

With funds from NIH, Chris Waters is studying the biomechanics of lung healing to help patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).

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Dec 18 2019
Research Facility Embodies Promise to be the University for Kentucky
Nov 14 2019
Shaping Our Appalachian Region, A Brighter Future for the Commonwealth.
Aug 1 2019
Record-breaking Research Awards Power UK Innovation
Apr 26 2019
Collaboration Key to Defeating Opioid Epidemic

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Recent Reports

Dec 10 2019
RCTF Endowment Match Program 2018-2019 Annual Report
Apr 19 2019
UK Research Annual Report Fiscal Year 2018
Dec 11 2018
RCTF Endowment Match Program 2017-2018 Annual Report
Oct 16 2018
Office of Technology Commercialization 2018 Annual Report

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Oct 24 2019

'Behind the Blue': April Young Works With Eastern Kentucky Communities to Find Answers to Opioid Epidemic

With more than $5.5 million in funding, the research team in CARE2HOPE is working in counties across Kentucky to find answers to the opioid epidemic.

Jan 24 2020
'Behind the Blue': University of Kentucky Researcher Leads $3 Million Addiction Treatment Study

UK recently received $3 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on General Medical Sciences to fund new opioid-related research in the criminal justice system.
Nov 22 2019
'Behind the Blue': UK Researcher Jennifer Havens Works to Develop Treatment for Hepatitis C

UK is tackling many of Kentucky’s toughest health issues through research aimed at making documented, measured progress. In this edition of the Behind the Blue Podcast, Carl Nathe talks with Havens about a project to combat Hepatitis C.
Oct 25 2019
Training Kentucky Students in Cancer Research to Impact Communities

The ACTION program offers undergraduates and high schoolers the opportunity to gain cancer research, clinical, outreach and educational experiences in an effort to enrich their interest in a cancer-focused career.

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Jan 24 2020
HEAL Researchers Honored at UK Basketball Game

The HEALing Communities Initiative grant from the National Institutes of Health totals $87 million, the largest in its history, and is focused over the next three years on reducing opioid-related deaths by 40 percent in 16 counties in KY.
Jan 3 2020
UK Program Inspires New Research in Women’s Health

Funded by NIDA and the Office of Research on Women’s Health at NIH, BIRCWH gives UK scholars training, collaboration and mentoring opportunities that enable them to develop independent research programs in women’s health.
Jan 2 2020
Center for Health Equity Transformation Seeks to Improve Health of All Kentuckians

People in Kentucky experience some of the highest rates of cancer, cardiovascular disease, substance use, diabetes and obesity in the nation. CHET seeks to improve the health of the most vulnerable residents of Kentucky and beyond.
Dec 17 2019
$24 Million Partnership to Advance Next Generation Manufacturing Technologies in Kentucky

KY NSF's EPSCoR, has awarded UK, UofL and six other institutions across the state a five-year, $24 million grant to advance next generation manufacturing technologies, flexible electronics and robotics.

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