CHS hosts inaugural Jacobson Innovation Award Symposium
On Feb. 20, the UK College of Health Sciences hosted the inaugural Myron and Elaine Jacobson Innovation Award Symposium at UK's Chandler Hospital. Former UK faculty members, the Jacobsons co-founded Niadyne—a pharmaceutical development...
Feb 22, 2019
Collaborating across health care disciplines to combat ALS
In the nineties, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) medical specialist Edward Kasarskis, MD, PhD, director of UK’s ALS Multidisciplinary Clinic, asked Tony English, PT, PhD, now the director of physical therapy at the College of Health Sciences...
Feb 14, 2019
In the Lab: CHS Student Pursues Solutions to Periodontal Disease
Human health sciences (HHS) major Amina Nouri is no stranger to persistence. During the many hours she spends in the lab each week, she is faced with countless frustrations and triumphs. “One day you’ll run the perfect experiment with the perfect...
Jan 22, 2019
Biomotion Lab Hits Its Stride at UK and Beyond
When Brian Noehren, PT, PhD, FACSM, first began practicing as a physical therapist he had zero intention of pursuing a career in research. “I didn’t think I would step foot back on a college campus except to watch sports,” he quipped. But, after...
Oct 19, 2018
PhD research fueled by national physical therapy scholarship
Kirby Mayer, from Somerset, Kentucky, says the first time he saw a physical therapist was when one treated his grandmother. That’s when he decided to pursue PT, but he admits research wasn't at the top of his mind when...
Jul 26, 2018
Noehren studies muscle injuries, shares findings with community
While working as a physical therapist, Brian Noehren was frustrated by the lack of robust clinical evidence to support the interventions used in the clinic. He had ideas about what could be done differently, but he didn't have the research...
May 17, 2018
Third Annual CHS Research Day
The 11th Annual Spring Conference of the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) drew nearly 1,000 researchers, students, community members, and institutional partners to the Lexington...
May 19, 2016
Regular Exercise at Any Age Could Keep the Mind Young
Recent research suggests that exercise might provide some measure of protection from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias.
A group of researchers led by Nathan Johnson, Ph.D. was able to demonstrate a...
May 18, 2016
Zachary Johnson in the Human Performance Lab Featured on LabTV
Zachary Johnson, a research assistant in the Human Performance Lab in the College of Health Sciences, is profiled on LabTV, a website with videos of young medical researchers from around the country. He tells his story to UK's "...
May 13, 2016
Record-Breaking Number of Students to Attend National Conference on Undergraduate Research
A recording-breaking 88 University of Kentucky undergraduates have been selected to present their research projects at the 2016 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at the University of North Carolina Asheville....
Apr 27, 2016
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