The CCTS provides clinical and regulatory support for the FORTIFY trial at UK, which was recently recognized as one of the top global sites for the study.

Joel Thomspon, PhD, joined the CCTS team on Nov. 1.

The 2018 ATRN Summit, held at UK Sept. 20-21, focused on addressing health disparities through collaborative research.

Dr. Edward Kasarskis and his team have used genealogy records to trace a rare form of familial ALS that seems to cluster in Central Appalachia. Supported by a pilot grant from the UK Multidisciplinary Value Program, they are investigating a personalized treatment approach.

As a step toward improving health equity, the University of Kentucky Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) was established and recently approved by the UK Board of Trustees. The mission of CHET is to build and enhance innovative, transdisciplinary and impactful research and training aimed at improving the health of vulnerable Kentucky residents.

Nearly 1,000 researchers, clinicians, students, trainees, community partners and local and national experts participated in the day-long, multidisciplinary event to share their findings and enhance collaborations.

The UK Research 2017 Annual Report shares the economic impact of UK research, strategic plan progress, national rankings and innovative federally funded research projects in substance abuse, cancer, diabetes and obesity, cardiovascular diseases, neuroscience and aging, and energy.

The CCTS has partnered with researchers at the Marshall University (MU) School of Medicine on a five-year, $10.78 million grant from the Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) to investigate obesity and obesity-related conditions.

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.

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.