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Markey STRONG Scholars Program empowers next generation of cancer researchers

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.

Markey research highlights need for education to combat cancer in Appalachia

Two recent studies led by UK Markey Cancer Center researcher Nathan Vanderford, Ph.D., provide insight on the connection between education levels and cancer rates in Appalachian Kentucky.

UK bioengineer designs tools to improve treatment for head and neck cancer

One University of Kentucky researcher is working to develop new techniques for radiation treatment to improve survival rates of patients with a specific type of cancer.

2 Markey cancer researchers win V Foundation awards

Ka-wing Fong, Ph.D., and Eric Rellinger, M.D., were named V Scholars by the V Foundation for Cancer Research and will each receive $600,000 to fund their individual cancer research projects.

Markey researchers develop new resource to aid in cancer surveillance at US cancer centers

A recent article published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention documents Cancer InFocus' development.

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

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.

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

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).

Markey’s ACTION program gets $2 million grant renewal from NCI

Launched in 2016, ACTION is a cancer education and training program aimed at high school and undergraduate students from Appalachian Kentucky.

Precision medicine, Markey collaboration delivers hope to Bowling Green patient

Collaborations with community hospitals across Kentucky give cancer patients access to the latest treatments and clinical trials closer to home.

Markey Cancer Center attains NCI's highest status as a Comprehensive Cancer Center

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center announced today that it has earned a National Cancer Institute “Comprehensive” Cancer Center designation, the highest level of recognition awarded by the NCI.