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During Indigenous Peoples鈥 Month, the UK 91小黄车 is highlighting historical figures who paved the way for an equitable future in medicine.
For the second consecutive year, the 91小黄车 has received the 2022 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
To enable the 91小黄车 to succeed in its mission for a healthier Kentucky, leadership must prioritize the wellness and well-being of faculty, staff, and learners. Lisa Williams, MSSA, is serving in the college鈥檚 new leadership position, associate dean for wellness and well-being, to help us excel in this goal.
One of the newest research teams within the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Alliance Research Initiative wants to make UK 鈥渢he center of the universe鈥 when it comes to an innovative cancer treatment.
Charles Kunos MD, PhD, director of the Markey Cancer Center Clinical Research Office, leads the Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Alliance (RPTA) with Lowell Anthony, MD, division chief of medical oncology. Alongside faculty and trainees from across the University, they are trying to improve pharmaceutical delivery for patients with cancer through radiopharmaceuticals.
A young John DeMasi foreshadowed his career at 5 years old when he chose his first Halloween costume. Wearing green scrubs from a teddy bear and a stethoscope so big it dragged as he walked, he proudly impersonated a doctor.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 2, 2021) 鈥 A recent study shows that patients with non-small cell lung cancer reviewed by the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center鈥檚 Molecular Tumor Board experience improved outcomes, even if they reside in rural Appalachian Kentucky.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 1, 2021) 鈥 When Scott Kindred felt a lump in his upper right shoulder, he knew something was wrong.
As a patient care technician at UK HealthCare, he has enough medical knowledge to know when he should listen to his body. He mentioned it to Timothy Mullett, M.D., a thoracic surgeon he worked with, who ordered a PET scan. The imaging revealed a mass on Kindred鈥檚 upper right lung
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 21, 2021) 鈥 The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has been awarded a transportation grant from the American Cancer Society. The funds will help alleviate the financial burden of transportation costs for cancer patients in Kentucky.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 21, 2021) 鈥 A recent 91小黄车 study found that young adults from vulnerable communities are more likely to be exposed to tobacco marketing in their daily lives than are young adults outside these communities.
The 91小黄车 has received the 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 6, 2021) 鈥 Recent work from the 91小黄车 published in Cell Press discusses an essential signaling pathway that causes metabolic dysfunction including insulin resistance and obesity.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 28, 2021) 鈥 A new study from University of Kentucky Markey Cancer researchers demonstrates a combination of two drugs may be useful to treat ovarian cancers that are resistant to paclitaxel.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 2, 2021) 鈥 As part of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman and several of Kentucky鈥檚 female legislators joined UK HealthCare to highlight the long-running work of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center's Ovarian Cancer Screening Program.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 17, 2021) 鈥斺 The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center launched a new initiative to create a connected, integrated statewide cancer provider network.
The innate ability of Cody Bumgardner, PhD, to work with computer systems was evident in high school. Computers were being installed in one of his school鈥檚 first computer labs, and when workers unboxed the systems and left for lunch, he snuck into the lab and installed the hardware by the time they returned.
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center鈥檚 Department of Radiation Medicine recently completed a major renovation, including the installation of new cutting-edge technology.
The renovation includes a new Halcyon treatment system (the latest Varian linear accelerator platform), computerized tomography scanning on rails integrated into a new centrally located brachytherapy suite, expanded conference room, and an expansion/redesign of the reception area.
UK HealthCare has more than 155 physicians practicing medicine with University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital, Kentucky Children's Hospital, UK Good Samaritan Hospital who appear on the Best Doctors in America鈥疞ist for 2019 鈥 more than any other hospital in Kentucky. Only four percent of doctors in America earn this prestigious honor, decided by impartial peer review.
