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Organization profile
Organization profile
Our mission is to leverage, integrate, and expand our campus-wide strengths in basic, clinical, and community-based research to address disparities in diabetes and obesity in the Commonwealth and beyond. Our vision is to maximize the University of Kentucky’s research strengths and efforts to reduce the burden of diabetes and obesity and improve overall health of our population.
Strategies:
- Integrate and facilitate obesity and diabetes research across the UK campus to encompass the lifespan. This effort must be inclusive of all relevant colleges, centers and departments.
- Develop and promote research that covers the full spectrum of scientific investigation – from basic science through population research (T0 – T4).
- Build strategically key infrastructure and resources to support diabetes and obesity research across the spectrum. Utilize aspects of all funding sources at the Institution’s disposal (grants, contracts, philanthropy, enrichment, and bonding).
- Incentivize and cultivate local, regional, national and international research collaborations.
- Prioritize recruitment of investigators whose research expertise is within the diabetes and obesity focus. Capitalize on cluster recruitments that have the potential of being transformative.
- Protect and reward academic and research effort committed to obesity and diabetes.
- Develop and support an enriched environment to promote research initiatives.
- Support training initiatives to build an outstanding obesity and diabetes research workforce.
For more information contact Simon Fisher, Acting Director of the Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center, [email protected]
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Erin Abner, Ph.D.
- Epidemiology & Environmental Health - Professor, Chair, Epidemiology and Environmental Health
- Biostatistics - Joint Appointment
- Diabetes & Obesity Research Priority Area
- Neuroscience Research Priority Area
- Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) - Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Endowed Chair
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Yasir Alsiraj, Ph.D.
- Pediatrics - Assistant Professor
- Cardiovascular Research Priority Area
- Diabetes & Obesity Research Priority Area
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Experimental Manipulation of Sleep to Combat Epilepsy (RPA Pilot / Seed Project)
Sunderam, S. (PI) & Bauer, B. (CoI)
University of Kentucky Neuroscience Research Priority Area
3/15/25 → …
Project: Research project
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Validating long-read single-cell PIPseq as a technology to study T Cell Variant Dynamics in Aging and Dementia in Women (RPA Pilot / Seed Project)
Bachstetter, A. (PI), Nikolajczyk, B. (CoPI) & Ebbert, M. T. W. (CoPI)
University of Kentucky Neuroscience Research Priority Area
7/1/24 → …
Project: Research project
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Examining the effect of estradiol and sex on gene expression in the subfornical organ (RPA Pilot/ Seed Project)
Santollo, J. (PI) & Turner, J. (PI)
University of Kentucky Neuroscience Research Priority Area
11/15/23 → 5/31/25
Project: Research project
Research output
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Alterations in whole muscle quality and physiological cross-sectional area measured with quantitative MRI following ACL injury
Owen, M. K., Richardson, L., Johnson, D. L., Vandsburger, M. H., Feiweier, T., Thompson, K. L., Fry, C. S., Hardy, P. A. & Noehren, B., Dec 2025, In: Journal of Translational Medicine. 23, 1, 79.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Mail-Based HPV Self-Collection Program to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening in Appalachia: Results of a Group Randomized Trial
Reiter, P. L., Shoben, A. B., Cooper, S., Ashcraft, A. M., Mitchell, E. M. K., Dignan, M., Cromo, M., Walunis, J., Flinner, D., Boatman, D., Hauser, L., Ruffin, M. T., Belinson, J. L., Anderson, R. T., Kennedy-Rea, S., Paskett, E. D. & Katz, M. L., Jan 1 2025, In: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention. 34, 1, p. 159-165 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A maturity model for Clinical Trials Management Ecosystem
Sehgal, S., Pua, E. C., Rojevsky, S., Becich, M. J., Fehrmann, J., Knosp, B. M., Wilcox, A., Talbert, J. C., Craven, C. K. & Starren, J., Jan 22 2025, In: Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 9, 1, e28.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Dietary sodium intake is predicted by anti-hypertensive medication regimen in heart failure patients
Smith, J. (Speaker), Lennie, T. (Speaker), Chung, M. (Speaker) & Mudd, G. (Speaker)
Apr 1 2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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History of Medical Advancements and Technology in the Management of Type 1 Diabetes in Children
Scott, L. (Speaker)
Jan 1 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Ethnic discrimination is associated with depressive symptoms in Hispanic adults at risk for cardiovascular disease
Voigts, K. (Speaker) & Mudd, G. (Speaker)
Nov 1 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation