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Study Links Smoking During Pregnancy With Increase in Obesity Later in Baby's Life

Jan 11, 2019, 11:13 AM

Working with the UK Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a group led by Kevin Pearson in UK's Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences was able to identify a potential cellular mechanism that connects a mother's smoking while pregnant with an increased risk of offspring obesity later in life.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Why UK Researchers are Studying Firefighter Fitness

Apr 9, 2018, 8:33 AM

Police officers, firefighters and military personnel face daunting physical obstacles while on the job, often coupled with intense mental stress.

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'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.

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Under Construction: A New Resource to Target Health Disparities

May 18, 2017, 2:57 PM

Research Building 2 (RB2) is a precious resource and a vehicle for UK to reduce the health disparities that most impact Kentucky.

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UK Awarded $11.2 Million Grant to Launch New Center for Cancer and Metabolism

Apr 17, 2017, 10:08 AM

UK announces $11.2 million NIH grant for cancer and metabolism center that supports research by junior faculty.

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Reducing Postnatal Complications from Maternal Toxic Exposures

Oct 6, 2016, 2:14 PM

Leryn Reynolds is studying how PCB exposure during pregnancy impacts the risk of obesity and diabetes.

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