UK Alum Funds Pharmac Research
When Kim Seibert of Prospect was diagnosed with lung cancer Ken Seibert, Kin! husband, was able to raise the full $100,000
she became determined to help other nonsmokers beat this deadly with donations from family members and friends, Seibert, a
disease, The wife and mother of two young boys never smoked, yet 1983 UK College of Engineering graduate, worked with Uniting
she was diagnosed with a lethal drug-resistant form of lung cancer, Against Lung Cancer to create the memorial fund and selected
She lost her battle in September 2007, but in her memory, cancer Black as the recipient, Black is exploring the hypothesis that
researcher Esther Black, pharmaceutical scientist at the UK Col- using two different targeted inhibitors in the EGER-dependent,
lege of Pharmacy, is furthering her research in treating drug-resis- non-small cell lung cancer may result in significant advantages in
tant tumors that mostly affect nonsmokers, preventing drug resistance.
Black has received the Kim Massengill Seibert Memorial Eund In 2007, pharmacy research faculty at UK ranked 4th out of 354
Award, a $100,000 grant from Uniting Against Lung Cancer, institutions in scholarly activity,
Debora h Reed Recenves How Low Ca n Your Cholesterol Go?
• • UK researchers are 'oinin a stud to determine whether the ro-
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UK College ofNurs1ng Associate Professor Deborah B, Reed is can bc not only Stopped but reversed,
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visits and listened to the farmers and their spouses as they voiced the Study at UK, Ziada and other investigators will measure the effect Ol-
positive and negative aspects ofa life in agriculture, Reed found that higher doses Ol-these drugs using mmwascular ultrasound imaging,
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farm work, She focused on how the farmers made adjustments to Ure- Probe inside in an artery The Cardiologists can thm SCC the Plaque
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evolved a theoretical model of mastery that clinicians could use to as- today to measure Coronary atherosclerotic Plaqucl
sist injured farmers, This research led to the International.Disserta- UK is (mc Ol-150 Centers in 20 Countries mkmgprm in this thtCC_
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Reed’s work has spread to include caregiver issues and perspectives,
l:speciallyl related to stress and work reorganization, Reed and col- U com piled from news reports
eagues a so completed a Hve-year study with aging farmers and therr
spouses who reside in Kentucky and South Carolina, The study ex- about resea rch at U K•
amined work patterns, use of technology, health conditions and in- For more lltlfolm atlo ltl a bout
juries, and future work plans of these family members, The Endings msea rch ta kl n g pla CG at U KI
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Crosby Gets Gra nt For H IV/AI DS Resea rch
Richard A, Crosby, an endowed professor in the UK College of Public Health, has been awarded a major grant from the National
Institute of Mental Health for his work with HIV and AIDS prevention among teens, Crosby was awarded a total of $ 1 ,831,250 to
conduct his study, ZA Brief Clinic-Based, HIV Prevention Program for African American Teen Males,” through May of 2013,
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has declared that AIDS is a state of emergency in the United States relative to
African Americans, Teen males attending STD clinics are one important, yet often neglected, population of African Americans at risk
of HIV acquisition, Crosby’s study will test a very brief program designed to promote safer sex behaviors delivered to teen males on a
one-to-one basis, The goal ofthe program is to foster a range of behaviors that will ultimately protect teens from the acquisition of
sexually-transmitted infections, including H IV
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