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The UPenn Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics will host a virtual conference featuring speakers including Dr. Joseph Benitez of the University of Kentucky College of Public Health.

The Tunnel of Oppression is an interactive event that highlights contemporary issues of oppression. It is designed to introduce participants to the concepts of oppression, privilege and power.

The Community Action Council for Lexington-Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas counties is hosting the event to offer tools to confront, reduce and eliminate this hidden bias.

UK Research is pleased to announce that Ian D. McClure, J.D., LL.M. has accepted the position of Associate Vice President for Research (AVPR), Innovation and Economic Impact.

A multi-disciplinary collaboration led by Dr. Peter Sawaya from the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are in the process of producing a series of videos, aimed at primary caregivers for family members and loved ones living with dementia.

The Kentucky Overdose Data 2 Action (OD2A) Community Summit is set for this Thursday, April 29, and has a special emphasis on the types of drugs involved in overdose deaths and the age groups that experienced the greatest increase in deaths.

Recently published in Supportive Care in Cancer, a team from Markey Cancer Center utilized Kentucky Cancer Registry data to identify if there was a correlation between individuals suffering from financial toxicity and comprehension of health insurance.

On Wednesday, April 28, partners from the Office for Student Success, Office for Institutional Diversity, International Student and Scholar Services and Student Government Association will host a two-part event focused on solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community from 2 to 5 p.m.

A paper by Barbara Nikolajczyk, Ph.D., professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences and associate director for Translational Research in Diabetes at the University of Kentucky, has been included in “Best of Cell Metabolism 2020.” The paper focuses on age-associated inflammation.

The UK Markey Cancer Center has officially launched a unique new clinical trial to test whether Artemisia annua extract can prevent ovarian cancer recurrence.