Highlights from the Conference

This year's conference was designed to raise awareness of the science behind the benefits of exercise and the dangers of physical inactivity. The annual conference was held in conjunction with the research days of the colleges of dentistry, health sciences, engineering, and public health, as well as the 31st Annual Spring Neuroscience Research Day and the 34th Annual Symposium in Women's Health and Reproductive Science.

• Plenary Talk: Promoting Physical Activity and Understanding its Benefits

• Keynote: Physical Inactivity as a Disease and How Much Exercise is Needed to Prevent It
  William E. Kraus, MD
  Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, and Nursing
  Duke University

Mentorship Awards

• Guoqiang Yu, PhD

• Carrie Oser, PhD

• Lorri A. Morford, PhD

• Christian Latterman, MD

Special Recognition Awards 

• Richard J. Kryscio, PhD, in grateful recognition of extraordinary service to the research development of UK faculty, staff and students

• Thomas H. Kelly, PhD, in grateful recognition of extraordinary service to the career development of UK faculty, residents/fellows, and students

Collaborating Events

Held in conjunction with these Colleges and Center-specific Programs:

• College of Dentistry Research Day
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• College of Engineering Biomedical Research Day
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• College of Health Sciences Research Day
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• College of Public Health Research Day
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• Spring Neuroscience Research Day
  ​31st Annual, sponsored by the Bluegrass Chapter of Society for Neuroscience
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• 34th Annual Symposium in Women's Health and Reproductive Science
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• Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky (CLIK) 
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