This “UK at the Half” features two students who were selected as CURE Fellows to develop new knowledge and skills through research within UK’s Research Priority Areas.
American Heart Association CEO, Nancy Brown, highlighted the historic collaboration between the AHA and UK during her featured presentation at the annual event.
The NIDDK award will provide crucial support for a multi-institutional research team to take a new approach to the study of type 2 diabetes and obesity.
The lab of Terry Hinds, Ph.D., is advancing scientific discovery at UK, and also helping undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows gain early experience with high-impact work.
Julie Plasencia, Ph.D., began her career studying Type 2 diabetes. Her research interests have expanded to diet-related health disparities in low-resource communities and how culture influences dietary behaviors in Latino communities.
The first Rising Stars Symposium, sponsored by the UK Diabetes and Obesity Research Priority Area and the Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center, is Friday, Oct. 21, 2022.
