UK HealthCare currently employs a number of interpreting services for patients, but there are occasions when those options can't address a patient's need. The VRI units are designed to support existing interpreting services and fill in those gaps.

A central aim of Sally Ellingson's research is to increase the accuracy of predicting whether or not a drug will bind to a protein, which is useful across the board of drug development.

The CCTS is now accepting applications for pilot funding in several collaborative and disease-focused categories. Funding ranges between $25,000 and $50,000, depending on the award.

For the past four years, two junior faculty at the University of Kentucky have invested their efforts to host a symposium where outstanding scientists from UK and universities across the country present new scientific advances in women's heart health and explore translational cardiovascular research areas that merit further study.

Abstracts and mentor nominations are now being accepted for the 13th Annual Spring Conference of the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science.

You can make a difference by participating in research — you could even be part of a study whose results will help people in the future. Participating is a way to help others by “giving forward” and it’s also an opportunity to learn more about your own health.

The combination of a new clinical trial and a tissue bank is innovating stroke care and research at the University of Kentucky. Led by a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and scientists, the studies aim to develop new treatments using existing therapies that protect brain tissue after a stroke, and to learn more about the physiology of the event.

CLIK is an intensive four-week leadership development program designed to enhance research and capacity-building competencies in community leaders, senior staff, directors and administrators working to reduce health disparities.

William Stoops, Ph.D., has received a $2.9 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to research cocaine use disorder.

University of Kentucky's BIRCWH program has received a new five-year, $2.5 million grant that will be used to continue UK's tradition of excellence in mentoring young scholars to become independent researchers in the field of women's health.