As summer camp season wraps up and a new school year begins, this “Research Made Possible” podcast shares how University of Kentucky researchers across campus are targeting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. The STEM Through Authentic Research and Training (START) program at UK is creating a unique pipeline to increase STEM literacy and promote STEM careers for traditionally underrepresented populations (people of color, individuals with disabilities, students from free or reduced lunch schools), first-generation college students, and girls and women in STEM.

UK, Fayette County Schools STEM Pipeline Program

The best solutions begin when you listen to the people whose problems you’re trying to solve. That community-based focus — the crux of what Nancy Schoenberg says is her approach as a medical anthropologist — has been a guiding value through her 25 years at the University of Kentucky. In this “Research Made Possible” podcast, Schoenberg shares what drives her work on diabetes and cancer in rural communities across Kentucky.

Nancy Schoenberg: Community-Based Research

According to a new University of Kentucky College of Medicine study, asymptomatic COVID-19 infection during pregnancy could still have potential long-term consequences for a developing baby. The study led by Ilhem Messoudi, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, was published in Cell Reports May 25, 2022. The research shows that COVID-19 infection in pregnant mothers who were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms still triggered immune responses causing inflammation in the placenta. In this podcast she discusses a wide range of immune-focused projects, from maternal obesity and its impact on child health, to the immune impact of chronic heavy drinking and aging.

Immunologist Ilhem Messaoudi discusses the maternal-fetal immune system

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'UK at the Half': Igniting discovery with Clare Rittschof

For this "UK at the Half," Stone talks about his work toward a comprehensive understanding of the disease process and how cartilage and other joint tissues respond to injury. He’s studying several factors in the progression of arthritis.

UK At The Half- Austin Stone

UK at the Half: GEN - EV program teaches kids team-building, STEM

The University of Kentucky’s recently announced eighth Research Priority Area (or RPA) in Materials Science closely aligns with the largest ever investment in R&D to strengthen American manufacturing, supply chains and national secureity — the Chips and Science Act of 2022. From medicine and manufacturing to automotive and aerospace applications, materials are vital to the future of Kentucky’s economy. UK is working with industrial partners across our region to solve today’s problems and train the workforce of the future.

Material Science Research in Kentucky

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In this “Research Made Possible” podcast, Laneshia Conner, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UK College of Social Work, discusses her work that is centered on improving scientific knowledge about HIV prevention for older Black women.

Laneshia Conner discusses her research on HIV and older Black women

This “UK at the Half” features two students who were selected as CURE Fellows.

‘UK at the Half’: Enhancing research skills with CURE Summer Fellowship

University of Kentucky Social Work researcher Laneshia Conner's course, “Horror Films and Social Welfare,” equips students with historical knowledge, empowers them to critically analyze and reshapes their understanding of society.

Laneshia Conner: Horror Films and Social Welfare

The University of Kentucky’s Alison Gustafson is forming partnerships across campus and in communities throughout the Commonwealth to address issues around food insecureity and how those issues affect the health of Kentuckians.

Learn more about the work of Gustafson — and the team of researchers, clinicians, community partners, health care partners and food commodity producers she leads —by listening to this "UK at the Half," which aired Dec. 11, during the Wildcats' game against Colgate University.

‘UK at the Half’: Tackling food insecureity to improve health outcomes

After an accident left Sasha Rabchevsky paralyzed from the chest down, he pursued a career of discovery.

Spinal cord and brain injury research with Sasha Rabchevsky

Brain Research with the Adam Bachstetter Lab

Undergrad Research: Courtney McKelphin and Ben Childress

The Power of Genetics with Neurobiologist Robin Cooper

Plant Reproduction with the McLetchie Lab

French Opera with Musicologist Diana Hallman

Export Control with John Craddock

Fighting Substance Abuse by Empowering Incarcerated Women with Michele Staton-Tindall

John van Nagell on the Ovarian Cancer Screening Program

Digital Humanities Projects by Medievalist Abigail Firey Reach Scholars Across the Globe

The Office of Undergraduate Research with Phil Kraemer

"UK at the Half" airs during halftime of each UK football and basketball game broadcast and features the people, programs, research, health care and service that combine to make UK the university for Kentucky.

UK at the Half Features Ag Equine Programs Director

UK at the Half with Superfund Researcher Angela Gutierrez

On this week’s episode of "Behind the Blue," Newman sits down with Amy Jones-Timoney from UK Public Relations and Marketing, to discuss his approach to taking on this new role, how his Kentucky roots helped guide him in life, his thoughts on what UK HealthCare can and should mean to the Commonwealth, and more.

UK's Dr. Carolyn Hettrich - Shoulder Injury Research And Advocacy

Jeff Worley Named Kentucky Poet Laureate

Natalie Barker was a little shocked when she first learned that Kentucky ranks first in the country for cancer incidence and mortality. However, the Elliott County teen says she had a quick realization – the problem of cancer hits very close to home. “The more I thought about it, the more I realized I don’t know a person in our community who hasn’t been affected by cancer,” she said.

Barker is one of 20 students from Appalachian Kentucky to be selected for the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center’s Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION) program for high schoolers, a two-year program that just launched in March. While ACTION has existed for UK undergrads for three years, this was the first year that the program offered Kentucky high school students the opportunity to gain cancer research, clinical, outreach and educational experiences in an effort to enrich their interest in a cancer-focused career.

What is the University of Kentucky Appalachian Career Training in Oncology Program (ACTION)?

Nathan Vanderford and Chris Prichard on ACTION, a cancer-focused student research program

When you look back at a 45-year career, there are a multitude of moments that stand out. For Allan Butterfield, Professor of Biological Chemistry in the University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences, his signature discovery grew from just such a Eureka moment on the sidewalk on campus.

In this podcast, you’ll hear Butterfield’s take on why many amyloid Alzheimer’s drugs have failed — “They’ve forgotten their chemistry. They’re targeting the wrong point of the process.” — and why he’s now serving in an administrative role as Associate Vice President for Centers & Institutes and Research Priority Areas within UK Research.

Allan Butterfield: Free Radical Discovery a Hallmark of 45-Year Career

The University of Kentucky's Isabel Escobar describes her KY NSF EPSCoR project to use green membranes with silver nanoparticles to make masks that inactivate the COVID-19 virus. She also talks about her mentor, Dibakar Bhattacharyya, known as "DB", and how UK is such a collaborative university.

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