The Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Alzheimer's Disease Center has been awarded an $8.25 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue and further research and clinical initiatives geared toward treating Alzheimer's disease.
UK has signed a membership agreement to join the TriNetX network, a leader in international clinical research networks, in order to optimize clinical trial design and advance clinical research for UK programs.
Kentucky Children’s Hospital is one of multiple sites around the nation participating in an experimental trial testing the safety and efficacy of a Biomarin pharmaceutical that reduces concentrations of phenylalanine in the bloodstream.
UK sent a delegation of executive, clinical and research leaders to join national thought-leaders and policymakers at the 2016 National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit.
High school freshmen in Kentucky are integrating physics, health, communication and technology through a collaborative, web-based project with scientists and students at the University of Kentucky.
Dr. Robert DiPaola, director of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Vice Chancellor for Cancer Programs, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, has been named dean of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.