Research News

Research Facility Shows What Kentucky Can Do

Sep 21, 2018, 1:24 PM

A research facility expressly devoted to addressing and eradicating the state’s most significant health disparities was opened September 21st by the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, President Eli Capilouto and many of the Commonwealth’s leading policymakers.

Barbara Nikolajczyk and the Inflammation-Diabetes Connection

Sep 12, 2018, 8:31 AM

With funds from NIH, Barbara Nikolajczyk is tracking the trajectory of type 2 diabetes. She's following metabolically healthy people as they naturally progress to diabetes, looking for potential drug targets along the way.

New Center Established to Address Kentucky Health Disparities

Jul 25, 2018, 9:30 AM

The new Center for Health Equity Transformation aims to grow health equity research at the University of Kentucky by training and providing professional development guidance to those interested in studying and addressing health disparities.

UK Hosts 8th Annual Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Research Day

May 29, 2018, 1:01 PM

Research Day highlights the diabetes and obesity research of students, faculty and staff from around the region.

'Faith Moves Mountains' Initiative Continues with $3.1 Million Grant to Study Diabetes Care in Appalachia

Nov 1, 2017, 9:26 AM

This fall, Nancy Schoenberg and her team of community and university researchers in the UK College of Medicine and the UK College of Public Health were awarded a new five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to continue the Faith Moves Mountains initiative.