The University of Kentucky's Dr. Susanne Arnold and colleagues were awarded a grant by the Department of Defense to study potential environmental reasons for the high lung cancer rates in Eastern Kentucky.
Dr. Susan Smyth has been named the new Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine within the University of Kentucky College of Medicine's Division of Internal Medicine.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $20 million to the University of Kentucky to move research discoveries to health care solutions more quickly.
The University of Kentucky and Marshall University will be partnering as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) institutional Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program aimed at speeding the time for laboratory discoveries to benefit patients.
Researchers from UK have joined forces with seven regional academic centers and community organizations to work toward changing health disparities in Appalachia through the creation of the Appalachian Translational Research Network (ATRN).
The CCTS recognized four faculty mentors for their outstanding work in helping to train young scientists, at an awards ceremony at the Sixth Annual CCTS Conference.