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Jan 31 2019

UK Climbs in National Research Rankings, Bolsters Kentucky’s Economy

A National Science Foundation survey shows steady growth in UK's research enterprise, ranking UK 62nd among 644 universities nationwide for research and development expenditures.

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Feb 20 2019
UK Medicine's Experiential Research Demonstrates Power of the TEAM

The University of Kentucky Department of Family and Community Medicine has embraced transformation of care by providing an early interprofessional clinical experience: the TEAM Clinic model.
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Feb 19 2019
$2.3 million NIH Grant Aims to Help Improve Diversity in Science and Health Care

Through a recent five-year, $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Don Frazier and Brett Spear will partner with faculty from qualified minority-serving institutions across the U.S. and Puerto Rico to help improve diversity in science and health care.
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Feb 15 2019
Engineering's Himanshu Thapliyal Receives NSF CAREER Award

Himanshu Thapliyal, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Kentucky, has received a prestigious five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award.
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Feb 14 2019
Program Unites New Investigators, Experts to Accelerate Research Ideas

The TREE Initiative (Translating Ideas into REsEarch) helps cultivate clinical and translational research projects out of raw ideas by providing an open forum panel of experts from diverse fields.

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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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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).
Sep 12 2018
Barbara Nikolajczyk and the Inflammation-Diabetes Connection

With funds from NIH, Barbara Nikolajczyk is tracking the trajectory of type 2 diabetes. She's following metabolically healthy people as they naturally progress to diabetes, looking for potential drug targets along the way.
Apr 11 2018
Chad Risko Creates New Materials Using Computational Chemistry

UK computational chemist Chad Risko starts at the atomic level to design new materials for lithium ion batteries and electrical grid storage.

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Jan 31 2019
Informed Consent Workshop Wins Best Practice Award
Dec 21 2018
Sharing our Story in Washington, DC
Nov 14 2018
Kentucky Can Stem the Tide of Opioid Abuse and Addiction
Nov 6 2018
A Promise We Intend to Keep

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Recent Reports

Dec 11 2018
RCTF Endowment Match Program 2017-2018 Annual Report
Oct 16 2018
Office of Technology Commercialization 2018 Annual Report
Apr 9 2018
UK Research Annual Report Fiscal Year 2017
Feb 23 2018
RCTF Endowment Match Program 2016-2017 Annual Report

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Podcasts

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Feb 01 2018

Exploring the Psychology of Drug Addiction with William Stoops

Hear how William Stoops chose drug abuse research, why mentoring is one of his favorite parts of his job, and why he sees the chance to do NIH-funded research as a privilege.

Dec 18 2018
'Behind the Blue': Public Health Leader Helps Kentuckians Find Help Now

On this week's episode of "Behind the Blue" hear about the development of "Find Help Now KY" from Terry Bunn, an associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Public Health and director of the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center.
Dec 4 2018
'Behind the Blue': UK’s Don Frazier Stays Forever Young Through Science Outreach, Research

Dr. Frazier is still involved with the UK Science Outreach Center, which he began and which is now named in his honor.
Nov 26 2018
New NCI Grant Expands Markey’s Successful Oncology Training Program to High Schoolers

After successfully launching an oncology training program for Appalachian undergrads in 2016, the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is expanding the program to include high school students.

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Videos

Jan 25 2019
Sci-Fi to Reality: Superpowered Salamander May Hold Key to Human Regeneration

UK researchers Jeramiah Smith and Randal Voss have assembled the entire genome of the Mexican Axolotl, a salamander that is key to unlocking the secrets of regeneration with potential for life-changing clinical applications down the road.
Jan 14 2019
Rare Earth Elements Support Renewable Energy Technologies

With funds from DOE, DOD and NSF, Jim Hower and Jack Groppo are locating and evaluating rare earth elements and processing coal-based materials, alongside industry and university partners.
Dec 6 2018
UK Professor's Project Helps Astronomy Community Study the Stars

Since 1981, with continuous funding from NSF and NASA, UK astronomer Gary Ferland has used computing to better understand our universe. He developed Cloudy, a computer code that predicts how light is emitted so scientists can interpret the light received from celestial bodies.
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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