Physiology

UK Physiology Department Information

Department Faculty

• 32 Primary Faculty
• 11 Junior
• 7 Research Title
• 12 Women, 1 Hispanic
• 17 joined since 2003
• 12 Joint Faculty (3 Non-COM)
• 5 Adjunct Faculty

Areas of Expertise

• Neurobiology
• Cardiovascular
• Muscle Biology
• Endocrinology
• Respiratory
• Renal

Administration

• Vice Chair - Steve Estus
• Director of Graduate Studies - Bret Smith
• Director of Education - Dexter Speck
• Administrator - Christy Anderson
• Faculty IT Coordinator - Ken Campbell

Location

• Most labs & offices on Medical Science Building 5th and 6th floors.
• Others in discipline-related centers

Grants

• P.I.s on 54 active awards ($6.8M total, FY08)
• 29 NIH or NSF
• 13 individual training grants
• 2 NIH T32 awards
• 13 new awards (2007; $4.8M total, all years)
• 92 applications submitted (2007)
• 17 Wethington awards (2007)
• One bridge fund awarded (2007)

Publications (2007)

• 105 total
• 104 peer-reviewed
• 63 first/senior author

Education

• 13 courses annually (19 sections)
• 28 graduate students
• 4 PhD awarded in 2007
• 2 MS awarded
• 6 new students admitted

Department Tradition

• Department History
• Hillary