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How NIH funding supports resources for UK researchers

Apr 28, 2025, 1:49 PM

Biomedical Research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) support research at the University of Kentucky in a variety of ways — from individual grants to supports for centers and graduate students. Acting Vice President for Research Ilhem Messaoudi offers a breakdown of this support as part of a recent video campaign from Research Communications.

Research Advancing Kentucky: Preserving the golden years

Apr 28, 2025, 1:48 PM

Biomedical Research

Greg Jicha, M.D., Ph.D., is supported by the NIH’s National Institute on Aging, which leads research on aging, the aging process and diseases and conditions associated with growing older, in order to extend the healthy, active years of life.

Research Advancing Kentucky: Fighting alcohol’s toll in Appalachia

Apr 28, 2025, 1:47 PM

Kentucky

Madison Blanton is a Ph.D. student in the College of Pharmacy who’s working in the Messaoudi Lab in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics in the UK College of Medicine.

Research advancing Kentucky: How NIH-funded discoveries drive UK’s impact

Apr 28, 2025, 10:33 AM

Biomedical Research

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 28, 2025) — The University of Kentucky plays a critical role in advancing the health, well-being and future of the Commonwealth through impactful research. As Kentucky’s flagship, land-grant institution, UK focuses its resources, expertise and key partnerships to address the challenges facing our state to improve the quality of life for Kentuckians.

UK study highlights harmful connection between obesity, kidney disease

Apr 24, 2025, 9:17 AM

Biomedical Research

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 24, 2025) — A comprehensive new review by researchers at the University of Kentucky sheds light on the intricate and damaging relationship between obesity and kidney disease. The review, recently published in the prestigious Nature Reviews Nephrology, details the multiple ways in which excess fat tissue disrupts kidney function and even triggers changes in the brain that further exacerbate renal damage.

A spark renewed: Pediatric patient thrives following lifesaving kidney transplant

Apr 24, 2025, 9:01 AM

Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 21, 2025) – This past November, 11-year-old Sera Davis of Nicholasville received a gift that would change her life forever — a kidney from a selfless 21-year-old stranger. “She’s doing wonderful,” said Sera’s mom Hali. “She has gained 25 pounds and grown almost two inches. She's always been so pretty and full of life, but now she just looks so different and so healthy. That's been amazing to watch.” Sera is recovering well, but had a long journey to get here.

UK SMRI Equestrian Athlete Initiative presents jockey safety findings at ORI conference

Apr 24, 2025, 8:59 AM

Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 24, 2025) – Leaders in the horse racing industry are focusing on ways to improve safety within the sport. The University of Kentucky Sports Medicine Research Institute (SMRI) is specifically aiming to find what, where and who needs their targeted interventions that can be designed to help improve safety.

UK Cooperative Extension Service launches forestry field course for high school students

Apr 24, 2025, 8:57 AM

Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 24, 2025) — The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service and Department of Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR) announce the inaugural ForestryWorks Field Course, a weeklong, hands-on learning experience open to high school students across Kentucky.

Advancing Kentucky Together: First-gen student to ‘Great Teacher’

Apr 23, 2025, 9:19 AM

Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 23, 2025) — Kayla Johnson, Ph.D., is focused on leading with values and coaching students through challenges. Johnson, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation in the University of Kentucky College of Education, was recently honored with a Great Teacher Award.

Markey reaches 10,000 patient milestone in national cancer research network

Apr 22, 2025, 9:03 AM

Biomedical Research

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 22, 2025) – The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has enrolled its 10,000th patient in the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network (ORIEN) since joining the alliance in 2017. ORIEN is a national consortium of 19 leading cancer centers that collaborate by sharing anonymized patient data and tissue samples through the Total Cancer Care® (TCC) protocol.

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