A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers shows that chloroquine – a drug currently used to treat malaria – may be useful in treating patients with metastatic cancers.
Six teams of researchers and physician scientists have become the inaugural recipients of pilot funding from the new Multidisciplinary Value Program (MVP).
A group of researchers led by Nathan Johnson, Ph.D., were able to demonstrate a positive correlation between fitness and blood flow to areas of the brain where the hallmark tangles and plaques of AD pathology are usually first detected.
The Community Transition Program provides education, resources and care coordination for individuals who are moving between care facilities and their homes in Perry and surrounding counties.
The CCTS pilot study, conducted at Blackburn, will include two groups, the "treatment as usual" group, who will receive mental health screeners and a basic HIV education component, and the "intervention" group, employing a new prevention method.
The project involves piloting a specific behavioral parent training program called the "Family Check-Up," which they plan to test as an annual aspect of care for children and families who are already receiving regular and frequent care related to pediatric hearing loss.
Claire Snell-Rood, a behavioral health researcher in the UK College of Medicine, recently published her first book based on her time spent in New Delhi interviewing slum women as part of her doctoral thesis research.
The CCTS awarded pilot funding to 10 projects that foster collaboration and new medical product development. The pilot funding program provides research support and up to $50,000 for preliminary and proof-of-concept studies critical to moving basic laboratory findings into clinical applications.
