A multidisciplinary team of doctors, researchers, and informaticists at the University of Kentucky is working to improve identification of lung cancer patients who are eligible to participate in clinical trials for novel treatments.
The National Institutes of Health has renewed a 5-year, $1.2 million grant to the University of Kentucky to help prepare clinical scholars for leadership positions in cardiovascular research.
The CCTS, in conjunction with the Appalachian Translational Research Network (ATRN), has awarded funding to two projects to develop sustainable, interdisciplinary, community engaged research in Appalachia.
With the funding and support from the CCTS and the National Institutes of Health, Noehren studies how muscle and physical function are affected by knee injuries--a significant source of disability in the United States--and how best to intervene and treat such injuries.
The CCTS has launched a new website that is especially oriented to researchers who currently use or could benefit from CCTS resources, including research services, funding opportunities, and education and career development.
As an otolaryngologist at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Matthew Bush focuses on rural health disparities of pediatric hearing loss, particularly in Appalachia.
Staff from the UK Kentucky Neuroscience Institute (KNI) and CCTS will join Marietta Barton-Baxter, administrative director for the Regulatory and Clinical Services Cores at the CCTS, at Walk MS Lexington.
Established in 2006, the Pilot Program provides funding and multidisciplinary research support for preliminary and proof-of-concept studies in translational science.
Premi Haynes has made a significant discovery about the cellular structure of the human heart, particularly related to heart failure. The findings have recently been published by the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology.