In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, the CCTS shares this video that would have opened the CCTS “Our Environment, Our Health” Spring Conference, originally scheduled for April 21.
The CCTS COVID-19 Research Registry and Specimen Bank will collect specimens from volunteers who have tested positive for or are suspected of having the virus. The biobank will work closely with the UK COVID-19 Unified Research Experts (CURE) Alliance team.
A pilot grant from UK’s Center for Clinical and Translational Science will advance neuroscience researcher George Quintero’s studies on Parkinson’s disease to a clinical investigation, which will be co-led by UK Assistant Professor of Neurology Zain Guduru.
He will serve a three-year term as president of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, the longest standing group in the U.S. dedicated to addressing issues of drug dependence and use disorder.
Melinda Ickes, PhD, winner of the CCTS Comic Book Challenge and former CCTS pilot recipient, was interviewed in a "WKYT Investigates"epid segment about fighting the youth vaping epidemic.
Samaan’s research received a boost when he received a career-development award in early 2019 from the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science’s KL2 program.
Pharmacy graduate students David Henson (in the MD/PhD program) and David Nardo, PharmD (who were both supported by UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science’s NIH-funded TL1 pre-doctoral training program) are working to uncover potential new indicators of heart disease.
Martin County has been experiencing a water crisis for decades, with the 8th highest cost of water in the state. A participant of the CCTS Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky co-authored a report how residents, many of whom can’t afford their water bills, are impacted.
