Hannon Laboratory at University of Kentucky

10/18/2026

JUST PUBLISHED! 🧪🐁🔬🧫🥼

We’re excited to share Brittney Williams’s ✨FIRST✨ first-author publication and the Hannon Lab’s latest research article in Reproductive Toxicology! 🥳👏

“Exposure to an environmentally relevant phthalate mixture impairs ovarian endothelial cell function in vitro”

Authors: Brittney A. Williams, Caroline V. Harper, Gretchen L. Ruschman, Madison M. Wilson, Patrick R. Hannon

🔗 Full article link in bio!

10/02/2026

⚠️ NEW PUBLICATION ALERT ⚠️

The Hannon Lab’s newest article, published in Toxicological Sciences, is now available online! 🤩📄

“Co-exposure to high temperature and mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate inhibits mouse antral follicle growth and estradiol synthesis: phthalate-heat interactions in the ovary”

Authors: Sunny Ghuneim, Madison Calubad, Caroline Harper, Sophia Sherlock, Gretchen Ruschman, Patrick Hannon

Link in bio! 🔗

UK College of Medicine UK Office of Undergraduate Research

04/08/2026

One of our own, Katie Lynn Land! 🤩

12/09/2025

Keep making all of us in the Hannon Laboratory proud, Gretchen! 💙🔬🌟

At the University of Kentucky, Gretchen Ruschman became a “well-rounded scientist.” As a 3-year Research Ambassador, Gretchen helped connect hundreds of students with research opportunities.

In 2024, Gretchen graduated with her degree in agricultural and medical biotechnology. She recently graduated from the University of Cambridge with her Master of Philosophy in medical science with a focus on obstetrics and gynecology and is now in her first year in the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program where she will earn her doctorate while researching with one of the two universities and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Learn more about how her time at UK prepared her for research in the U.K. >> https://our.uky.edu/news/gretchen

11/18/2025

The lab’s about to be in a real pickle with Madison Wilson leaving for PA school… 🏓🥒💔😭🏥

Luckily we packed her final week with an astronomical number of experiments (and mandatory lab bonding at PKL LEX) before she makes her escape! 🤭🔬🐁

08/19/2025

From doctoral student to doctoral CANDIDATE! ✨🥼

Big congrats to Katie Lynn Land for passing her qualifying exam today and becoming the Hannon Lab’s newest UK College of Medicine PhD candidate WOOHOOO! 🥳

08/18/2025

Happy 25th birthday to Katie Lynn Land, a PhD student and our favorite lab boss (don’t tell Dr. Hannon lol 🫣) 🤭

Thanks for managing our chaos and keeping the lab from falling apart daily! 🎂🎉

06/09/2025

⚠️NEW PUBLICATION ALERT⚠️

The Hannon Lab’s newest article, published in Reproductive Toxicology, is now available online ahead of print! Link in bio! 🤩📄

Authors:
Patrick R. Hannon, Katie L. Land, Hong Xu, James W. Akin, Thomas E. Curry

UK College of Medicine

05/14/2025

Wooohooo! Proud of you Madison Wilson 🎉🤩

Congratulations to this year's four Excellent Undergraduate Research Ambassador award winners!

⭐️ Molly Lobel, animal sciences senior, UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

⭐️ Erin Stratton, biology and Lewis Honors College senior, UK College of Arts and Sciences

⭐️ Connor Stuart, biology, neuroscience and Lewis Honors College senior, UK College of Arts and Sciences

⭐️ Madi Wilson, human health sciences senior, University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences

The Undergraduate Research Ambassador program’s mission is to increase awareness and create opportunities for students to actively engage in research and creative scholarship. Ambassadors must demonstrate academic excellence, leadership, and be involved in mentored research or creative work.

Read UKNow article: https://uknow.uky.edu/research/4-students-named-excellent-undergraduate-research-ambassadors

04/30/2025

Attended UK Office of Undergraduate Research’s Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars today to learn about all of the cool research going on at University of Kentucky AND watch one of our very own undergraduates, Madison Wilson, receive a 2025 Undergraduate Research Ambassador of the Year Award! 🏆

Congrats Madi, we’re so proud of you! 🌟