Tegan, Piper and Josie Stanifer, daughters of UK College of Nursing researcher Stacy Stanifer, volunteered to be a part of the clinical trial that tests the efficacy of Modern COVID vaccine in children under 11 years old.

Opinion by John M. Barry 10/7/2021 at 4:59 p.m. EDT John M. Barry is the author of “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History” and distinguished scholar at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

This is the third time the CCTS has successfully competed for the prestigious Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), with continuous funding since 2011 totaling $65.4 million.

What’s the best way to fight science misinformation? In the case of electronic cigarette use by young adults, a team at the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) chose a novel approach — a research-based comic book.

Study will help answer questions about if the vaccine prevents primary infection and transmission of the virus, not just illness.

Treatment with an FDA-approved medication improved glucose metabolism in research participants.

An undergrad in the depart of physiology, White has played a significant role in the CCTS COVID-19 biobank and vaccine clinical trials.

An expert on the deadly 1918 flu pandemic, Barry talks about lessons learned that crisis and parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic.

His book “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History” was an NYT bestseller and named by the National Academies of Science as the year’s outstanding book on science or medicine.

The CCTS will host the acclaimed medical historian John M. Barry, author of "The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History," at the keynote panel of its 2021 Spring Research Days, to be held the afternoons of April 7 and 8.