The University of Kentucky’s Michaela Keener is revolutionizing equestrian health care with an interactive digital health system that connects riders to essential medical resources.

The innovation is called The Graham — a tool designed to measure balance and reaction time, improving health care accessibility for all equestrians.

Listen to this “UK at the Half” to hear from Keener, an assistant professor of athletic training and clinical nutrition in the UK College of Health Sciences and a researcher with the Sports Medicine Research Institute.

Read more about her work and watch a video by the UK Research Communications team here.

“UK at the Half” airs during halftime of each UK football and basketball game broadcast on radio and is hosted by UK Public Relations and Strategic Communications and Marketing and Brand Strategy. To hear the “UK at the Half” interview, click on the play button above.

In this “UK at the Half,” hear from Linda Van Eldik, Ph.D., the center’s director, who credits much of its success to community volunteers who participate in clinical trials, providing invaluable data to help scientists understand brain aging. With research now focusing on early intervention, she says the future holds exciting possibilities. As Sanders-Brown looks ahead, its mission remains clear: advancing knowledge, improving treatments, and ultimately, transforming the future of Alzheimer’s care.

The University of Kentucky is leading a five-year, $20 million Research Infrastructure Improvement award from the National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR) with $4 million in additional funding provided by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development.

The project is titled “Climate Resilience through Multidisciplinary Big Data Learning, Prediction & Building Response Systems (CLIMBS).”

The University of Kentucky’s Alison Gustafson is forming partnerships across campus and in communities throughout the Commonwealth to address issues around food insecurity 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.

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.

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

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.

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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 security — 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.

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