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A deserving heart UK HealthCare, Gill Affiliate Network deliver results for transplant patient

It isn’t exactly clear when Ronald Kelly began experiencing heart failure, because he’s always gone to extraordinary lengths to finish what he starts and put on a brave face during difficult times. 

Double the courage Twins born with heart defects define resiliency

Even though 6-year-old Danville twins Lennox and Berkley Frey look the same, they couldn’t be more different.

UK’s Housing Engagement and Research Initiative launches statewide resource hub online

Advancing on the regional and statewide challenge addressing housing needs in the Commonwealth, the University of Kentucky Office of Land-Grant Engagement has launched the Housing Engagement and Research Initiative (HERI) website.

College of Pharmacy launches novel bachelor’s degree A gateway to pharmaceutical careers

For the first time in more than 25 years, students can pursue a bachelor’s degree within the nationally ranked University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Launching in Fall 2025, the Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) offers an interdisciplinary path to careers in science, research and health care. 

People Behind Our Research Dmitry Strakovsky strives to connect the arts and health

Dmitry “Dima” Strakovsky is fostering collaborations between creative disciplines and health care through an innovative initiative at the University of Kentucky.

Markey home to two breakthrough therapeutic cancer vaccine trials

The same mRNA technology behind COVID-19 vaccines is now being used in the fight against cancer, and the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is among an elite group of institutions offering these promising new treatments through clinical trials

STEM, passion for mentoring the next generation

Like many engineers, Ashley Morris was born inquisitive. Though she was born in Louisville, Morris grew up on a small 5-acre farm in Shelbyville, Kentucky

UK Transplant Center performs record number of liver transplants in 2024

The UK HealthCare Transplant Center performed 220 organ transplants in 2024, including a record number of liver transplants. The liver transplant teams performed 78 liver transplants, the most ever performed by any Kentucky medical center in a single year.

UK HealthCare, Ky. AG collaborate on state’s first-ever toolkit to protect from strangulation

Providers from UK HealthCare collaborated with Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and other agencies on the Commonwealth’s first-ever toolkit to combat the crime of strangulation.

‘Behind the Blue’ President Eli Capilouto welcomes 2025 with focus on care, progress

As the new year begins, the University of Kentucky is welcoming back students for the Spring 2025 semester — a time to reflect on the strides made in the past year and to look forward to the opportunities ahead.