Octavio A. Gonzalez, a professor in the Center for Oral Health Research and Division of Periodontology in the UK College of Dentistry with a secondary appointment in the College of Medicine, has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.
The Institutional Multidisciplinary Paradigm to Accelerate Collaboration and Transformation (IMPACT) Awards were launched to champion the necessary and groundbreaking work done by UK faculty and other campus community members.
Luciana Macchion Shaddox, professor of periodontology at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, is one of 16 University Research Professors for 2023-24.
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Kentucky has one of the nation's highest incidences of oral cancer, according to the National Institutes of Health, and the prevalence of oral cancer in the targeted counties is as much as 54% higher than the state average.
