University of Kentucky Office of Biomedical Education

University of Kentucky Office of Biomedical Education The Office of Biomedical Education provides administrative support for the basic science graduate programs at the University of Kentucky

The Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBS) is an undifferentiated first-year core curriculum that serves as the entry point for six doctoral programs housed in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Students are admitted to IBS and, at the end of the IBS year, select their doctoral programs in one of these basic science departments:

Anatomy & Neurobiology
Toxicology and Cancer Biology
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obiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences
Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry
Physiology

05/21/2026

A new study from researchers at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is exploring whether a drug originally developed to combat neuroinflammation in dementia could also help reduce the harmful brain inflammation associated with alcohol withdrawal — a discovery that could ev...

05/11/2026

Research 5 UK faculty honored for excellence in undergraduate research mentoring By Isabelle Muccio May 8, 2026 From left: Warren Alilain, Lance Johnson, Carol Street, Bruno Menarim and Sybil Gotsch. Photo courtesy of UK Office for Undergraduate Research. LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 8, 2026) — Five Univer...

03/27/2026

Brian Stevenson, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics and the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment’s Department of Entomology, is leading two separate but related studies aimed at fighting Lyme disease...

03/09/2026

A team of University of Kentucky researchers has uncovered a surprising clue in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease that could help doctors predict, and ultimately prevent, a common side effect of the newest generation of Alzheimer’s therapies. Their findings, recently published in Nature Com...

02/26/2026

Each year UK Athletics, UK HealthCare and the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging partner for a game commemorating legendary women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt — a beloved leader and fierce Southeastern Conference competitor, who battled Alzheimer’s disease with remarkable courage. This event p...

02/05/2026

Research ‘UK at the Half:’ UK team creates a ‘cellular symphony’ to decode disease By Tom Musgrave Thursday University of Kentucky professors, from left, Luke Bradley, Michael Baker and Timothy Moyers are researching the application of data sonification to study mutations in cells. Photos pr...

09/22/2025

This spring, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) recognized University of Kentucky College of Medicine researcher Robert “Nate” Helsley, PhD, with the 2025 Walter Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research. This distinction highlights his exceptional contribu...

09/22/2025

Research ‘Research Made Possible’: John Gensel and Lyric Johnson on neurotrauma research By Erin Wickey Monday Podcast produced by UK Research Communications. To view captions, push play and click on the CC icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. If using a mobile device, click on th...

07/24/2025

On Monday, the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand reopening of its newly renovated research facilities, marking a major milestone in the center’s decades-long mission to advance brain health and aging research. The $28 milli...

07/22/2025

M. Paul Murphy, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry in the UK College of Medicine and the associate director for education at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.

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