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About Us

As a department we are committed to biomedical research, professional health care education, undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral training, as well as community-based service.

Leadership and Organization

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  • New department chair Damian Shin
  • Fully supported PhD program with a focus in neuroscience
  • Multiple recipients of National Research Service Awards (PhD-student training fellowships)
  • MS degree offered in anatomical sciences and neurobiology
  • 17 full time and 15 affiliate faculty members
  • World-class investigators in basic and translational science
  • Award-winning educators
  • Nationally ranked 27 in NIH funding
  • Federally- and privately-funded research labs
  • Home of the NIH-funded Kentucky Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (KYINBRE)
  • Membership and collaborative ties with Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center (KSCIRC)
  • Strong department and school-wide programs for promoting belong, access and engagement


 History Leadership and Organization

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Our faculty provide professional instruction in Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, world-class investigators in basic and translational science and we have many federally- and privately-funded research labs
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Home of fresh tissue lab and analytical microscopy core, participating member of the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies and the MD/PhD Program
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Fully supported PhD program with a focus in neuroscience, multiple recipients of National Research Service Awards, MS degree offered in anatomical sciences and instruction, average cadre of more than 40 PhD and MS students

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