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Markey STRONG Scholars Program empowers next generation of cancer researchers

Dec 6, 2023, 7:24 AM

Offered by Markey Cancer Center, the Markey STRONG Scholars Program gives students from underrepresented groups opportunities to get hands-on experience in a supportive learning environment.

UK research team studies maternal opioid use impact on placenta, baby

Dec 4, 2023, 7:19 AM

A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky is working to better understand the impact of opioid use disorder on mothers and babies.

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$2.7M NIH grant supports wearable technology system to improve recovery from leg fractures

Nov 30, 2023, 7:15 AM

Researchers at UK and Vanderbilt received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the use of wearable technology for better patient recovery from shinbone fractures and repair surgeries.

UK researchers awarded $2.6 million to study new drug combination driving overdose deaths

Oct 31, 2023, 7:25 AM

The $2.65 million five-year grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will support research to understand how xylazine and fentanyl change the brain’s signaling pathways.

SMRI researchers develop a new model to advance equestrian research

Oct 31, 2023, 7:21 AM

The University of Kentucky Sports Medicine Research Institute (SMRI) has developed a new approach to the research, health and safety of equestrian sports.

10 students selected as 5-Minute Fast Track research finalists

Oct 25, 2023, 7:05 AM

The Office of Undergraduate Research is proud to announce the fifth annual 5-Minute Fast Track student research competition finalists.

Telehealth supports retention in treatment for opioid use disorder, UK study finds

Oct 24, 2023, 8:31 AM

Published in JAMA Network Open, new findings are adding to a growing body of evidence demonstrating positive outcomes associated with telemedicine for treating opioid use disorder.

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UK’s Kolesar 1 of 9 innovators selected for NIH-funded entrepreneurship program

Oct 17, 2023, 7:16 AM

One of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center’s leading researchers has been selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Regional Entrepreneurship Development (I-RED) Program.

Applications open for Behavioral Science’s White Coats for Black Lives fellowships

Oct 16, 2023, 7:10 AM

Applications are open to students in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine for the fourth cohort of the White Coats for Black Lives fellowships.

UK awarded $19 million to research tobacco regulation in Appalachia, inform FDA

Oct 6, 2023, 7:10 AM

The University of Kentucky will be home to a new research center focused on tobacco regulations in the Commonwealth named the Appalachian Tobacco Regulatory Science Team (AppalTRuST).

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