This is the third time the CCTS has successfully competed for the prestigious Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), with continuous funding since 2011 totaling $65.4 million.
What’s the best way to fight science misinformation? In the case of electronic cigarette use by young adults, a team at the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) chose a novel approach — a research-based comic book.
During "UK at the Half" UK football game on Saturday, CCTS was recognized for their clinical research — which helps to improve health, with an emphasis on the Central Appalachian region.
He serves as director of the CCTS pilot program and principal investigator of the BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health) program.
His book “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History” was an NYT bestseller and named by the National Academies of Science as the year’s outstanding book on science or medicine.
The CCTS will host the acclaimed medical historian John M. Barry, author of "The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History," at the keynote panel of its 2021 Spring Research Days, to be held the afternoons of April 7 and 8.