This is the first video in a "UKNow In Depth" series on clinical research at the University of Kentucky. Learn why clinical trials are so important to medicine at UK, across the Commonwealth and around the world from UK faculty, staff and Kentuckians who are participants in trials through the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS).

• For more information on participating in clinical trials, visit: www.ukclinicalresearch.com or www.researchmatch.org/about.