Patrick Sullivan, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience in the UK College of Medicine has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.
Avasarala’s recent article calls for a rapid, “on-the-spot” diagnosis and treatment as the only way forward to prevent blindness caused by the disease.
UK Research welcomed Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., the NIH director, to the Healthy Kentucky Research Building — a space dedicated to enabling multidisciplinary teams to find solutions to reduce the health disparities greatly impacting Kentucky.
Frankfort, Kentucky, has the nation’s second-highest prevalence of Alzheimer’s in Black adults. Yolanda Jackson, a clinician dietitian pursuing a Ph.D. in health communications, is working to develop accessible information about modifiable risk factors for the disease.
Labor Day, September 4, WKYT-TV, is highlighting the world-class work going on at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. The Lexington-based CBS affiliate will air a 30-minute special on their second station, The CW, at 6:30 p.m.
Karen Lawrence, Ph.D., M.S.W., will work to better understand the connection between PTSD and dementia by analyzing data from 42 Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers across the U.S.
