September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and we're rolling out this new episode with Julie Cerel, Ph.D., professor in the College of Social Work (CoSW) at the University of Kentucky, who recently was honored with the Norman Farberow Award for Bereavement and Lived Experience by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). The award recognizes her transformative research, which expands understanding of the impact of suicide on families, friends and entire communities.

Perhaps you've heard lately in the news about something called alpha gal red meat allergy. Dr. Greg talks with Dr. Heather Norman Bergdorf, associate extension professor in the UK College of Culture, Food, and Environment about Alpha-gal syndrome.

Kentucky has a high prevalence of persons with hearing loss that ranks us third per capita nationally. Kentucky also has a shortage of audiologists, particularly in rural areas - Two pressing reasons why the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences is adding a new audiology doctoral degree program beginning in Summer of 2026. Dr. Greg talks with Anne Olson, Ph.D., CSD department chair in the College of Health Sciences and Jennifer Shinn, Ph.D., chief of audiology in the College of Medicine.

The Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC), part of the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, has launched the Kentucky Injury-Free Academy (KIFA), a new initiative designed to support local teams in developing and strengthening community-based violence prevention strategies. Dr. Greg talks with program manager Catherine Hines.

Kentuckians continue to face many health challenges. And in the current political climate in Washington, those challenges have been increased. This week Doctor Greg talks with Steven Stack; secretary of the cabinet for health and family services for the Commonwealth of Kentucky about some of those new challenges.

As we age it becomes more and more important to do some sort of regular strength training in order to maintain balance, agility, and independence. Dr. Greg's guest, exercise physiologist Sheila Kalas talks about just that.

Forty years ago, the National Institute on Aging launched its Alzheimer disease research center grants program, and the UK Sanders Brown Center on Aging was among the prestigious first class of just 10 awardees. Dr. Greg talks about that designation, the mission of Sanders Brown, and its future with Doctor Linda Van Eldik, director of the UK Sanders Brown Center on Aging.

Period poverty is a global community health dilemma that has long been overlooked. A condition described as having insufficient access to menstrual products, education, and sanitation facilities. This week Dr. Greg talks with Skylar Davis, who has taken it upon herself to address period poverty through her nonprofit, Period Y'all.

A CDC study shows that 1 in 10 Americans gets a tick bite every year on average. This year, the CDC reported that Emergency room visits from Tick bites are at the highest levels since 2019. The CDC has recorded just under 450 Emergency Department visits in the US so far this year, with 250 of those in the Southeast. With that new info as a backdrop we’re revisiting this interview Dr. Greg did earlier this year with UK extension entomologist Jonathan Larson.

This week on Dr. Greg we continue to take an in-depth look at what and how today's medical students are learning. We usually expect our physicians to know just about everything about us and to give us advice on just about every topic. One area that has traditionally been lacking in medical education is nutritional aspects of patient care. A new gift account has been established in the UK College of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences to expand nutrition education for health care professionals in training across the College of Medicine. The initiative, led by Sara Police, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and nutritional sciences, aims to integrate more comprehensive, evidence-based nutrition content into medical education to better equip future physicians with the tools to address nutrition-related aspects of patient care. Sara talks about the project with Dr. Greg.