Center Collaborators

The UK College of Medicine, founded in 1960, provides an innovative, high-quality education through its nationally recognized curriculum, emphasizing early clinical experiences, continuity as a guiding principle, integration of the basic and clinical sciences, and innovative teaching and learning methods such as small-group tutorials, standardized patients, computer-assisted instruction, clinical training models, and interactive lectures and laboratory exercises.

UK HealthCare is the hospitals and clinics of the University of Kentucky. But it is so much more. It is 9,000 people – physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals – all dedicated to providing the most advanced, most effective care available, not just in Kentucky but anywhere. It is physicians and other medical professionals trained in the most sophisticated, most up-to-the-minute medical techniques so that no Kentuckian, no matter how sick they are or how rare their illness, needs to go far from home for the treatment they need. It is a Level 1 trauma center, ready every minute of every day to treat even the most serious injuries when they come through the door. And a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, caring for the tiniest and sickest newborns – and giving them a chance not just to live, but to live normal, productive, happy lives.

EduceLab is a highly specialized heritage science laboratory expertly designed to provide data-intensive yet object-centric solutions to the most challenging problems in the study of cultural heritage. Its unique ecosystem of non-destructive instrumentation offers key scientific capabilities that are crucial to addressing the challenging variability of heritage science contexts. 

MyoAnalytics was founded to facilitate the application of automation in scientific and clinical settings.
We provide analytical and consulting services for skeletal muscle imaging using established and validated pipelines.
We also assist in building and optimizing new and custom algorithms to facilitate cutting edge research in skeletal muscle. Founded by Dr. Yuan Wen.

Post-Doctoral Scholar

The King Library Annex supports a wide variety of learning, teaching, and research needs of UK students, faculty, and staff. The Annex is home to The Stacks, a unique space with specialized equipment, resources, and events dedicated to digital and data-intensive scholarship. The Annex also houses materials and library services for the Science & Engineering Library, including collections for astronomy, chemistry, earth and environmental sciences, mathematics, physics, statistics, and most engineering disciplines, and the Maps Library, which holds the Gwen Curtis Map Collection and the GIS Lab. The Center for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) is located on the Fifth Floor.

The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History is internationally recognized for its work in collecting and preserving oral histories. With over 17,000 oral history interviews, Nunn Center collections span an incredible breadth of topics and provide an invaluable resource to researchers across Kentucky and around the world. We engage in deep collaboration with our many partners, assisting with interview structure and technique, providing studio space and equipment, and helping instructors build semester-long courses utilizing our resources and collections.

The University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment was founded as, and remains, a land-grant institution, committed to improving the quality of life for Kentuckians. Our research, teaching and extension programs are part of a national system that maintains a statewide presence and links local, state and global issues. Agriculture, food and environmental systems are key components of Kentucky's economic future, and the college is playing a prominent role in those areas with its programs.

We improve the lives of Kentuckians by strengthening Kentucky's farms, food systems and natural resources through innovative research, education and collaboration to improve profitability and sustainability. Building the health and well-being of Kentuckians – physically, mentally and economically – to improve quality of life and ensure bright futures for all. Engaging communities to build vibrant economies by connecting businesses and people with Extension. 

Our students, faculty, staff, and alums are among the world's brightest and most dedicated health professionals and scientists. From Tokyo, Japan, to London, Kentucky, we’ve committed to transforming patient-centered care. We continually rank as a top-ten institution, and our research funding has doubled since 2012. Our impact report highlights just a few of the many wins of our pharmacy family.

The University of Kentucky College of Nursing is preparing the next generation of providers, leaders, researchers and policy makers to improve healthcare delivery, promote nursing excellence, revolutionize health care and promote the highest levels of wellness. Our programs stand as a testament to academic excellence and our commitment to shaping compassionate and competent nurses. Through cutting-edge curriculum, experienced faculty, and state-of-the-art facilities, the UK College of Nursing empowers students to embark on a transformative journey into the world of healthcare.

In the Department of Computer Science, our international experts are recognized for their contributions in crucial research fields. Whether researching distributed systems, networking, visualization, artificial intelligence, data mining, bioinformatics, software engineering or any other area, we engage students in compelling projects that affect how we live. In addition having faculty members who work within the UK Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments and the Laboratory for Advanced Networking, we maintain a rich partnership with the University of Kentucky Biomedical Informatics Institute.

The mission of the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences (CHS) is to help the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond attain the highest level of health possible. We fulfill our mission by educating the next generation of health care practitioners through education, innovative research, healing and compassionate care.

The Center for Innovation in Population Health (IPH-C), through collaborative relationships with key partners, strives to identify a common set of priorities and a well-developed strategy to address improvements in population health. These relationships involve multiple sectors and partners at the University of Kentucky, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the United States, and the international community, with a focus on building a portfolio of research, evaluation, and dissemination/implementation (D&I) initiatives to support and enhance the important work being done in the field.

Our award-winning faculty are actively engaged in social science research and community outreach, which provides our students with the opportunity to learn about the latest theoretical breakthroughs and practical applications firsthand. From message design and media literacy to conflict negotiation and team building, the versatility of a communication degree can prepare students for a variety of careers – just ask our alumni who give back as guest speakers, mentors and employers of our students.

Institutional Research, Analytics & Decision Support will provide reliable, accurate and defensible information for University Students, Faculty, Staff and Administrators in order to meet regulatory reporting requirements, provide data to external organizations and supply Colleges and Departments the necessary information to effectively conduct institutional business. In addition, IRADS will surface the necessary data and analytics to anticipate, read and react to institutional trends and optimally position the University to achieve strategic plan goals and utilize data throughout the decision making process.