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Recruitment Begins for Two-Dose, Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Janssen’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

The Phase 3 ENSEMBLE 2 study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial in up to 30,000 adults 18 years old and older. The trial will include people both with and without comorbidities associated with an increased risk for severe COVID-19.

UK Project Aims to Reduce Sinkhole-related Damage

“The main goal of this project is to reduce sinkhole related damages in Kentucky. The tasks we planned are aiming to help emergency management officials better pinpoint areas most affected by sinkhole hazards," said Junfeng Zhu.

UK College of Education Initiative Featured at Summit for Civil Rights 2021

“The University of Kentucky and NAACP joined forces to work with communities and educators to produce the scientific evidence needed to help policy-makers reach decisions and transform lives,” said Julian Vasquez Heilig.

Gary Ferland Named American Astronomical Society Fellow

Ferland was honored for his work in developing and applying “Cloudy,” a special computer code that studies how light from distant celestial bodies is produced. “This award is a great honor, and is as much to UK as to me,” Ferland said.

UK Nursing Researchers Study the Delivery of Tobacco Treatment to Medicaid Recipients

Based on the study findings, the researchers suggest standardizing assessment and treatment approaches based on existing quality reporting measures, integrating telephone quit-line services, and offering cessation counseling and medication to all tobacco users as a standard of care.

KGS Receives Funding from FEMA for Karst Mitigation Plan

The research team will use LiDAR data to characterize existing sinkholes, and to assess the area for risk of future sinkhole hazards. Informational tools will be developed to aid data collection, including a web-based reporting system for sinkhole collapses.

Goldstein Writes JAMA Editorial on Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis Screening

“There remains no validated risk stratification tool for identifying a subpopulation of adults with a prevalence of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis with a higher population-attributable risk that would lead to a benefit of intervention beyond risk factor management,” Larry Goldstein explains.

Wesley Lowery to Deliver Inaugural Angelo B. Henderson Lecture Feb. 9

Lowery, a nationally renowned journalist and book author, specializes in the coverage of diversity, race, crime, urban and political issues. Prior to CBS News, he reported for The Washington Post, where his work on “Fatal Force,” a project on police shootings, helped the Post win the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2016.

Research Establishes a New Method to Predict Individual Risk of Cognitive Decline

Their work shows that direct measures of brain signatures during mental activity are more sensitive and accurate predictors of memory decline than current standard behavioral testing.

Guard Your Heart: Why Women Should Be More Proactive with Heart Health

“More women die of heart disease than all cancers combined,” Dr. Gretchen Wells said. “Most people are usually shocked when I tell them that, but it is true. Heart disease is the number one killer of women.”

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