Research Centers

Center for Biomedical Engineering
www.uky.edu/rgs/cbme/
The Center for Biomedical Engineering conducts multidisciplinary research, education and service programs in biomedical engineering.  Projects focus on issues such as rehabilitation and sports medicine for the recreational and competitive athlete, orthopedic and dental biomaterials, heart arrhythmias, stimulation and growth of nerves and tissues with electromagnetic fields, lung function, and restoring motor function for individuals with neurological disorders and spinal cord injuries.

General  Clinical Research Center
www.mc.uky.edu/gcrc/
The General Clinical Research Center provides investigators with the infrastructure and personnel support to manage and perform clinical research efficiently.  The facilities, located in the UK Hospital and supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, includes seven beds, an outpatient clinic, specimen-processing laboratory, metabolic dietary kitchen, and state-of-the-art body composition equipment.

Center for Health Services Management & Research
www.mc.uky.edu/chsmr/
The Center for Health Services Management and Research is an internationally renowned Center of Excellence that informs health policy, influences health systems and ultimately improves the health of individuals and populations.  The Center provides research, consultation and education in health systems to improve the health of individuals and populations in the Commonwealth and beyond.

Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery
www-mis.uky.edu/
The Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery provides excellent service and care for patients with access to the latest in minimally invasive therapy across the spectrum – vascular surgery, transplants, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, urology, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiothoracic surgery, and general and pediatric surgery.  Faculty and staff at the Center also train students and practicing surgeons and advance minimally invasive surgery through the application of new and innovative technologies.

Center for Oral Health Research
www.mc.uky.edu/cohr/
The Center for Oral Health Research supports multidisciplinary basic, applied, clinical, and epidemiological research on oral health issues.

Center for Pharmaceutical Science & Technology
www.mc.uky.edu/Pharmacy/cpst/
The Center for Pharmaceutical Science and Technology is a fully integrated analytical and formulation development and FDA-approved pharmaceutical manufacturing facility utilizing current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs).  The CPST has the capacity to develop and manufacture both solid dosage forms and aseptic injectable formulations and has completed more than 150 projects/grants with academic institutions, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, and the National Institutes of Health.

Center for Rural Health
www.mc.uky.edu/ruralhealth/
The mission of the Center for Excellence in Rural Health is to improve the health of rural Kentuckians and strengthen rural communities by making health professions education available to rural, place-committed people; collaborating with rural communities and other stakeholders to develop more effective approaches to health service delivery; collecting, analyzing and disseminating information regarding rural health and health resources; and, conducting and publishing applied and evaluation research relating to our health professions educational programs, rural health policy, community development, and, distance learning.

Center for Sensor Technology
www.mc.uky.edu/censet/
Research at the Center for Sensor Technology is focused on the development and use of state-of-the-art sensor techniques and equipment, such as novel microelectrodes, for studies of brain function.  The microelectrodes can be implanted in various regions of the brain to monitor and measure small amounts of chemicals, such as dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, glutamate, acetylcholine, GABA and nitric oxide.  This research has implications for a variety of neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease.  The technologies being developed at the Center also have been used for research studies of schizophrenia, aging, aggression, drugs of abuse, and the senses of smell and taste.

Center for Structural Biology
www.mc.uky.edu/biochemistry/Structure/
The multidisciplinary Kentucky Center for Structural Biology is based in the Department of Biochemistry at the UK College of Medicine.  The mission of the Center is to study the structure and interactions of biologically important macromolecules using a variety of methods including X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, computation and modern molecular biology.

Center for the Advancement of Women's Health
www.mc.uky.edu/womenshealth/
The Women’s Health Center incorporates five areas of emphasis: research, education, clinical services, community outreach and leadership.  The Center’s mission is to discover scientific and clinical knowledge, sensitize health practitioners to understand and respond to the health care concerns and needs of women, provide diagnostic, treatment and preventive health care services for women, share women’s health resources and information with the community, and increase the recruitment, retention, development, promotion and advancement of female faculty within the UK Academic Medical Center.

Clinical Research Organization (UKCRO)
www.mc.uky.edu/ukcro/
The mission of the UKCRO is to provide clinical/translational research faculty and staff with the infrastructure and operations support to facilitate access to outstanding clinical research trials to the citizens of Kentucky.  The Academic Medical Center will establish and maintain a competitive, "state of the art" clinical research program to support healthcare in Kentucky.

Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences
www.mc.uky.edu/Nutrisci/
The Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences provides teaching, research and service in the field of nutritional sciences to develop nutritional scientists who are able to function in a variety of state-of-the-art academic, industrial and professional settings.

Graduate Center for Toxicology
www.mc.uky.edu/toxicology/
The faculty of the Graduate Center for Toxicology conduct research and train students on issues surrounding environmental problems and with the effects of toxic substances on people.  The Center also leads the Superfund Basic Research Program at UK, which investigates the mechanisms of the adverse health effects of PCBs and related halogenated compounds.

Kentucky Injury Prevention & Research Center
www.kiprc.uky.edu/
The Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC) is responsible for implementing injury prevention and control programs, and for enhancing and expanding research education, and training in injury prevention for the purpose of improving the health and safety of citizens of the commonwealth of Kentucky. 

Kentucky Neurosciences Institute
www.mc.uky.edu/gammaknife/neuro.htm
The Kentucky Neurosciences Institute provides patients with comprehensive neurological care and conducts basic and clinical neurological research.  Specialty areas include neurophysiologic and neuropsychologic assessments, adult and pediatric epilepsy, neurooncology, stroke, minimally invasive neurosurgery, non-invasive Gamma Knife radiosurgery, spinal disorders, pediatric neurosurgery, neuropsychiatric evaluation, neurological complications of infectious diseases (including AIDS), movement disorders, neuromuscular disorders, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease.

Linda and Jack Gill Heart Institute
www.mc.uky.edu/ghi/
The Linda and Jack Gill Heart Institute provides excellent cardiovascular care, educates the cardiovascular professionals of the future, and conducts cutting-edge cardiovascular disease research, with particular focus on atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease and heart failure.

(Davis-Mills) Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spectroscopy Center
www.mc.uky.edu/mrisc/
The Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Center comprises a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, physicists, engineers, computer scientists and technologists to advance in technical aspects of diagnostic imaging, applications to patient care, and applications for fundamental medical science.

Markey Cancer Center
www.mc.uky.edu/markey
Physicians and researchers at the UK Markey Cancer Center provide clinical services for all types of cancer, lead one of the most comprehensive and progressive cancer control programs in North America, and conduct basic and clinical research.

Metabolic Research Group
www.mc.uky.edu/nutritionresearch/
The Metabolic Research Group conducts clinical research on novel ways to reduce blood cholesterol, benefits of soy protein  in diabetes, new treatment approaches for obesity, and the role of antioxidants in atherosclerosis.  Therapeutic specialties include obesity, diabetes, lipid disorders, and nutrition.  In addition to the research activities, investigators are involved with on-site endocrine, obesity, and lipid clinics and obesity treatment centers. 

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
www.mc.uky.edu/coa/
The Sanders-Brown Center on Aging’s research efforts are directed at improving the lives of older individuals by searching for the causes and cures of major diseases and by the study of physical and social environments that lead to improved health. Center efforts also focus on education and community service.