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The incidence of spinal cord injury is over 17,000 new cases per year in the United States. The University of Kentucky is home to the Spinal Cord Injury and Research Center which helps develop new treatment methods for those who experience such trauma. This week Dr. Greg talks with acting director John Gensel about the center and his takeaways from a national conference he recently attended on the issue.

In the mid-1990s, Brooks Downing was the sports information director for men’s basketball at the University of Kentucky, where he worked closely with coaches Rick Pitino and Tubby Smith during a run that included two national championships. Today, he’s a sports entrepreneur, the founder and president of bdG Sports, a marketing and event management company that has established a strong presence in college basketball and professional golf with events across the U.S. and in the Bahamas. He’s a UK graduate and a Lexington native.

Jill Kolesar, Pharm.D., a professor in UK’s College of Pharmacy and co-director of the UK Markey Cancer Center Molecular Tumor Board, is principal investigator of a study examining the impact molecular tumor board review has in cancer patient outcomes. She talks about it this week on Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine.

In celebration of this weekend's Academy Awards, WUKY's award-winning history series Saving Stories, goes Hollywood. Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries, shares an interview with film producer Frank Price. He was a major figure in the field of American television from the 1950's-1970's, including as an executive producer of "Ironside," before becoming head of Universal Studios and head of Columbia Pictures in 1978. Price left television to continue his career in motion pictures. He discusses some of his movies, (Gandhi, Out of Africa, Kramer vs Kramer and Ghostbusters) and why a film like Out of Africa wouldn't even be made in today's Hollywood.

The annual American Society for Neurochemistry conference is a unique meeting that brings young and seasoned scientists together to experience cutting-edge neurochemistry and neurobiology. This year the conference will be held at the University of Kentucky from March 18-22 and we have a preview. Dr. Greg talks with Linda Van Eldik, director of UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. She's also the chair of the public forum which is scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. on March 18th at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Lexington. The forum will look at topics ranging from healthy brain aging to addressing risks and disparities in the community.

A study from the College of Social Work at the University of Kentucky showed Black survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) receive significantly less workplace support than their White counterparts. Dr. Greg talks with study co-author Kathryn Showalter, PhD, of the University of Kentucky College of Social Work.

What if the foods that elicit strong memory and emotion in us no longer tasted the same? Certain foods hold so much sentiment in our lives, howwould we react if we could no longer have that experience? Dr. Greg talks with UK Chef in Residence Bob Perry who will be a featured speaker at this year's International Society of Neurogastronomy Symposium next month in Bonita Springs, Florida.

Although most cases of Lyme disease can be cured with a two-to-four-week course of antibiotics, some patients still experience lingering, debilitating effects of the disease months after they finish treatment. Dr. Greg talks with Ilhem Messaoudi, Ph.D., and Brian Stevenson, Ph.D., in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, about a new study seeking to understand if the antibiotic regimen used to treat Lyme disease could also be contributing to Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS), which includes ongoing symptoms of pain, fatigue or difficulty thinking.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult for parents, students and let's not forget the teachers. This week Dr. Greg talks with Leslie Davis; English teacher, head track coach and an assistant soccer coach at Lafayette High School in Lexington, about some of the unique health issues teachers face and how they can positively influence the health of their students. Full disclosure: Leslie is Greg's daughter.

Aspects of science and research touch our lives every day, but all too often as adults we forget the sense of wonder and interest that we may have had in science when we were children. Everything is Science, Lexington’s free community science festival aims to bring some of that back into our lives. Dr. Greg gets a preview of the week-long city-wide science festival from UK College of Pharmacy PHD candidate Lauren Weaver, one of the event's organizers.