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Oct 20 2020

Evers Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

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Oct 20 2020
UK mRNA Biomarker Study Will Build on Promising Research Into Preventing Catastrophic Racehorse Injuries

Previous research showed that many catastrophic injuries occur in limbs with underlying and preexisting damage, leading to the theory that these injuries occur when damage accumulation exceeds the healing capacity of the affected bones over time.
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Oct 20 2020
Sumit Das to Deliver 2019-20 A&S Distinguished Professor Lecture on 'Deconstructing Space-Time'

The lecture, titled “Deconstructing Space-Time,” will be held 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, on Zoom. Developments in theoretical physics over the past couple of decades have led to a set of ideas that "space" is not a fundamental notion, but arises as an emergent concept from more abstract entities.
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Oct 19 2020
Stapleton Named Assistant Dean for Research

As Assistant Dean for Research, Stapleton will serve as a senior research administrator for the College. Reporting to Associate Dean for Research Dr. Teresa Waters, he will share responsibility for developing and facilitating the college’s programs of research.
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Oct 15 2020
Wildfire Smoke Toxicity Increases Over Time, Poses Public Health Risk, According to UK Chemist

Associate professor Marcelo Guzman, along with graduate student Sohel Rana, say that molecules released from forest fires can become more water soluble, and likely toxic, over the two weeks that smoke is transported through the atmosphere.

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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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Feb 19 2020
Ann Stowe: Understanding Stroke Recovery

In this edition of People Behind Our Research, UK's Ann Stowe explains her work to understand how inflammation after stroke can be shaped to support rewiring in the brain and recovery of function that might be lost with injury.
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.

Research Blog

Aug 4 2020
Record-breaking Grants & Contracts Power UK Innovation in 2020
Jun 5 2020
UK Resumption of Research Phased Plan Available Now
Feb 25 2020
UK Faculty Receive Prestigious National Research Honors
Dec 18 2019
Research Facility Embodies Promise to be the University for Kentucky

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Recent Reports

Aug 5 2020
UK Research Annual Report Fiscal Year 2019
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

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Oct 13 2020

'Behind the Blue': Lisa Cassis Discusses Priority Areas for UK Research Efforts

Totaling more than $429 million, the University of Kentucky saw a record-breaking year of research funding for the 2019-20 academic year, a 3% increase from the previous year. UK also continues to climb in national research rankings.

Sep 9 2020
College of Nursing Researcher Partners with Churches to Address COVID-19, Health Disparities

Recent studies have shed light on an area’s socioeconomic status being one of the most impactful social determinants of health in both urban and rural communities throughout Kentucky.
Apr 7 2020
'Behind the Blue': Rebecca Dutch on UK’s Efforts to Treat, Understand and Eradicate COVID-19

The COVID-19 Unified Research Experts (CURE) Alliance team, a new workgroup within UK’s College of Medicine, is bringing together UK experts from across the campus to focus on advising COVID-19 patient care and clinical trials based on emerging research and potential treatment options.
Apr 7 2020
'Behind the Blue': UK Sports Medicine Research Institute’s Equestrian Athlete Initiative

On this week’s edition of the “Behind the Blue” podcast, Carl Nathe of UK Public Relations and Strategic Communications talks with Nick Heebner and Kimberly Tumlin about a new research effort, the Equestrian Athlete Initiative.

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Sep 14 2020
UK’s James B. Beam Institute Prioritizing Environmental Stewardship

While the collaborative research between Beam Suntory and the Beam Institute looks at issues with specific distilleries, it also looks at how its operations as well as outside activities impact the local watershed and how to ensure it is properly cared for.
Sep 3 2020
Our Next Steps in Building a More Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive Campus

We recognize the need to move with a sense of urgency even as we know this is not a semester-long or yearlong initiative. We are writing tomorrow’s history today.
Aug 11 2020
Cancer, COVID and the Kentucky Economy: How 'Sweet Annie' Could Make an Impact

Artemisia annua or "Sweet Annie" has been used as a medicinal herb for centuries. With potential to treat a variety of cancers & even COVID-19, this plant is more relevant than ever & UK is showing how we can take it from Kentucky fields to the lab to our patients.
Jun 18 2020
Alpacas Could be the Secret Weapon Against COVID-19

UK College of Medicine researchers are using the special antibodies made by alpacas, called nanobodies, to help understand the novel coronavirus and potentially develop a treatment that could protect people from being infected.

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