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.
More than 130 clinicians, researchers, policymakers and community members gathered at the 5th Annual ATRN Health Summit to share expertise, resources and facilitate collaboration.
The University of Kentucky and University of Alabama at Birmingham are partners on a $2.9 million, five-year National Institute on Aging clinical study to explore how Metformin may benefit older adults who do not respond well to exercise.
UK College of Pharmacy announced a major outreach initiative aimed at training pharmacists across the state for the prescription use of naloxone, a medication used for the treatment of suspected opioid overdose.
Eight community leaders have been selected to participate in the second annual Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky (CLIK). The program empowers community leaders and organizations to reduce health disparities, leverage funding, and use data to improve services and programs.
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.
Dr. Krisha Vyas, a 2014 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, was appointed as associate editor of the three-volume "SAGE Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research, Second Edition."
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Scientific Review recently appointed William W. Stoops, Ph.D., as a charter member of its new Interventions to Prevent and Treat Addictions study section.
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.
