Sue Fosson Spring Humanities Festival Set for March 28
The University of Kentucky and Central Kentucky communities are invited to the Sue Fosson Spring Humanities Festival: A Celebration of the Arts. The festival will be held Thursday, March 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the UK Singletary Center for the Arts in the Recital Hall. Faculty and staff from across the UK HealthCare clinical enterprise and the health professions colleges, including students from the College of Medicine and the College of Dentistry will be performing. This event is sponsored by the Humanities Project, the Office of Student Affairs, and the College of Medicine. (Source: UK College of Medicine News)
Source: UK College of Medicine News - April 14, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 students Source Type: news
College of Medicine Students Put Service Into Action at Salvation Army Clinic
It should come as no surprise that "service, caring, and sensitivity to others" are listed among the University of Kentucky College of Medicines (COM) mission statement and values. Although all UK medical students have dedicated their studies and their futures to helping others, one group is already showing their community the importance of putting service into action. A group of 20 UK College of Medicine students make up a volunteer team that staffs the University of Kentucky Salvation Army Clinic (SAC), along with supervising physicians. The clinic, located in downtown Lexington at the Salvation Army Center on Main Stree...
Source: UK College of Medicine News - March 22, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 students Source Type: news
UK Medical Students Reveal Match Day Results During Annual Ceremony
Match Day. For most people outside the everyday world of medicine and medical education the words may not be familiar or illicit much emotion. But for about thousands of graduating medical students across the United States -- including 125 at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine -- the day means their future written inside an envelope. On Friday, March 15, UKs fourth-year medical students gathered with family and friends at the Keeneland Entertainment Center at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington. At exactly noon, students began their way one by one to center stage to the tune of their predetermined theme ...
Source: UK College of Medicine News - March 18, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 students Source Type: news
Cardiologists Visit Oman to Discuss Global Health Care, Lung Cancer and Heart Disease
Dr. Sibu Saha and Dr. Thomas Whayne, physicians at UK HealthCares Gill Heart Institute, recently visited the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Oman to participate in discussions with university physicians on global health care, lung cancer and heart disease. Saha, who is a professor of surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and chair of the directors council for Gill Heart Institute, discussed the challenges of health care for developing nations and the current obstacles in the global health care system. (Source: UK College of Medicine News)
Source: UK College of Medicine News - March 8, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 research Source Type: news
Cerebrovascular Disease Can Mirror Alzheimers
Although Alzheimers disease is commonly recognized as a disease likely to affect people as they age, many people do not know about the significant contribution of cerebrovascular disease to the development of memory problems and dementia. This disease can look identical to Alzheimers and can devastate memory and thinking abilities. Researchers at the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging have recently been awarded over $2 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study such cerebrovascular disease. Those of us with interests in neurology will work with colleagues at the UK Gill Heart Institute and UK College...
Source: UK College of Medicine News - March 5, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 research Source Type: news
Reynolds, Borders Appointed Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Endowed Chairs in Rural Health Policy
Tyrone "Ty" Borders in the University of Kentucky College of Public Healths Department of Health Services Management, and Brady Reynolds in the UK College of Medicines Department of Behavioral Science, have been named the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Endowed Co-Chairs in Rural Health Policy. A $1 million gift made by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky to the College of Medicine was matched through Kentuckys Research Challenge Trust Fund. The endowed chair position was formed with the goal of enriching Kentuckys research capabilities in regards to rural health policy. The College of Medicine is collaborating with...
Source: UK College of Medicine News - February 23, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 faculty Source Type: news
UK Expert Advises FDA on Hydrocodone Policy
In January, an advisory panel of the Food and Drug Administration recommended tighter controls and greater scrutiny be placed on hydrocodone, one of the most widely abused pain medications in the United States, by reclassifying it from Schedule III to the more restrictive Schedule II. Sharon Walsh, director of the University of Kentuckys Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, gave expert testimony at the meeting that led to the up-scheduling recommendation. (Source: UK College of Medicine News)
Source: UK College of Medicine News - February 18, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 clinical Source Type: news
Johnson Named One of the Top U.S. Sports Medicine Specialists
Dr. Darren L. Johnson, professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Kentucky, has been named one of the top U.S. sports medicine specialists by Orthopedics This Week, the most widely read publication in the orthopaedics industry. (Source: UK College of Medicine News)
Source: UK College of Medicine News - February 13, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 ranking/rating Source Type: news
From Homeless to Med School
Kayla Kinker, who lived in a homeless shelter her senior year of high school will start medical school at the University of Kentucky in August. Her dream is to open a free medical clinic in Covington. Watch the video at The Community Press and Recorder. (Source: UK College of Medicine News)
Source: UK College of Medicine News - February 8, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 students Source Type: news
MedTones Invites Medical Campus to Join Rehearsals
The MedTones, the University of Kentucky Medical Center chorus, invite faculty, staff, and students in all colleges of the medical center to attend rehearsals. Rehearsals for the MedTones take place every Tuesday at noon in MN-363 for approximately 45 minutes. Jasmine Simons, a music therapy graduate student, is the new director. (Source: UK College of Medicine News)
Source: UK College of Medicine News - February 2, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 students medtones Source Type: news
UK Research Identifies How Patient Navigators Improve Cervical Cancer Prevention Care
University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information faculty members Elisia L. Cohen, associate professor, and Allison M. Scott, assistant professor, collaborated with Carol R. White, assistant research professor, and Mark B. Dignan, professor in the UK College of Medicine, to explore opportunities for improving patient adherence to follow-up cervical cancer care through the use of patient navigators. Their research study, which evaluated the report of patients needs after abnormal Pap test results and patient navigators communication effectiveness, was featured in the January special issue of the Journal of Com...
Source: UK College of Medicine News - January 29, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 research Source Type: news
Ambati Receives International Ophthalmology Award
Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, professor and vice chair in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and professor of Physiology at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, was awarded the 2013 Prix Soubrane de la Recherche en Ophtalmologie for his contributions to research in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). (Source: UK College of Medicine News)
Source: UK College of Medicine News - January 23, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 research ambati Source Type: news
Summer Programs Prepare Students for Medical/Dental Careers
High school seniors and college students interested in pursuing careers as physicians or dentists are eligible to participate in summer programs at the University of Kentucky offered through its Professional Education Preparation Program. The UK PEPP Scholars Summer Program, designed for students from medically underserved areas, is open to high school seniors. The PEPP II Medical and Dental School Preparation Program is open to students who have completed at least two years of college. (Source: UK College of Medicine News)
Source: UK College of Medicine News - January 22, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 students Pepp Source Type: news
Second Language Shows Benefits to Aging Brain
Older adults who have spoken two languages since childhood are faster than single-language speakers at switching from one task to another, according to a study conducted at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. The study also found that lifelong bilinguals show different patterns of brain activity than their monolingual counterparts when making the switch. The research was led by Brian Gold, associate professor of anatomy and neurobiology, who specializes in cognitive neuroscience. The article, "Lifelong Bilingualism Maintains Neural Efficiency for Cognitive Control in Aging," was published in the Jan. 9 issue ...
Source: UK College of Medicine News - January 11, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 research Anatomy Aging Source Type: news
Kleinman Receives Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award
Dr. Mark Kleinman, assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, has received a Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Career Development Award. RPB Career Development Awards help recruit young doctors and scientists to eye research and support promising junior ophthalmology faculty. The $250,000 grant will be released over a period of four years beginning this January and will fund studies on the role of epigenetic regulation of inflammatory gene expression in age-related macular degeneration, a blinding disease that affects between 30 and 50 mi...
Source: UK College of Medicine News - January 8, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 research Source Type: news
