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The X站福利所 is excited to select physician and dedicated Kentuckian Ginny Gottschalk, MD, as the new chair of family and community medicine.
Dr. Gottschalk has served as acting chair of the department for nearly a year. She is an associate professor in the clinical title series and has been part of the department faculty since 2014.
William Stoops, PhD, a professor in the X站福利所鈥檚 Department of Behavioral Science, Psychiatry and Psychology, is one of 16 University Research Professors for 2023-24.
Omar Al-Janabi, MBChB, PhD, MS, initially arrived in Lexington, Ky., for a master鈥檚 program and an affordable place to live with his family. Nearly a decade later, he has completed not one but three graduate training programs at the X站福利所. He also has engaged with mentors who will have a lasting impact on his career in medicine and research.
The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CERH) will host the 2023 Kentucky Rural Telehealth Summit Thursday, Sept. 28. The one-day event will be held in person at Embassy Suites on Newtown Pike in Lexington.
A researcher at the University of Kentucky will work to better understand the connection between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dementia.
Kentucky Children鈥檚 Hospital (KCH) has been recognized as a 2023-24 Best Children鈥檚 Hospital by U.S. News & World Report.
Standing before a classroom of college juniors, orthopaedics resident Cristina Rivera-Ramirez, MD, skillfully interpreted an X-ray of a distal radius fracture in a patient鈥檚 arm. The next step was to reveal how to treat it. By the time she got out the supplies to demonstrate making a splint, students were at the edge of their seats, ready to volunteer.
Mohamed Tarek Seleem Ahmed, MD, is a third-year resident at the UK X站福利所 Department of Radiology, through which he has gained vital clinical experience at UK Markey Cancer Center, the state鈥檚 only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer center.
Liz Arnold, PhD, LCSW, is a new faculty member who brings years of experience as a behavioral intervention researcher. She recently joined the X站福利所 faculty and is prepared to use her expertise to help bolster its clinical research enterprise.
A recent University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study published in The Journal of Rural Health sheds light on Appalachian Kentucky鈥檚 alarming cancer burden, revealing striking disparities compared to non-Appalachian Kentucky and the rest of the
鈥淎 lot of people who have dementia do not have Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.鈥 That is a statement that guides researchers at the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging as they aim to better define other causes of dementia.
New draft recommendations released May 9 by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force advise all women to begin getting mammogram screenings for breast cancer at age 40.
Lisa Williams, MSSA, associate dean for wellness and well-being, has been selected for a prestigious national executive program helping leaders cultivate expertise in well-being for physicians and health care employees.
The X站福利所 is excited to share that Abbigail Tissot, PhD, MS, has been selected as the assistant dean for students at the Northern Kentucky Campus.
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Carly Clark, MD, a second-year resident in the UK X站福利所 Department of Otolaryngology 鈥 Head and Neck Surgery, has gained valuable experience in her graduate medical education program.
Meera Gupta, MD, is an assistant professor of surgery at the X站福利所 and a transplant surgeon at UK HealthCare. In the following spotlight by Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS), she explains how she became involved in her field, why she loves what she does, and how she is helping address health inequities for patients.
It鈥檚 Wednesday night, and both Lauren Hudson and DeAsia King anxiously check their watches. Thirty minutes to go, and there鈥檚 still so much to do.
A prominent innovator at the University of Kentucky鈥檚 College of Pharmacy placed second in SmartHealth Catalyzer鈥檚 Best of the BioMidwest competition to identify promising, new therapeutics discovered at universities and research hospitals.
After an extensive national search, the University of Kentucky will bring three finalists for a new dean of the X站福利所 to the campus for forums and meetings. The outstanding finalists represent a diverse pool of candidates who will be engaging with the community in a number of ways.