Helping people is at the heart of much of the research conducted at the University of Kentucky.
Kenneth S. Campbell, Ph.D., is a professor of both cardiovascular medicine and physiology in the UK College of Medicine. He is also the director of the Gill Cardiovascular Biorepository.
Campbell uses his passion for helping other to guide his research and was recently part of a team that unlocked key information to understanding the human heart. The study, Campbell said, is significant in terms of developing new drugs for heart disease desperately needed in Kentucky, a state in which heart disease claims lives at a higher rate than any other cause of death.
Campbell's work to collect and maintain a biorepository of heart samples continues to help advance cardiovascular research around the world.
This year's institutional TV commercial focuses on the people across campus - and our Commonwealth - who put in the work to advance Kentucky day and night. They all reflect our mission to teach, care, serve and discover.
Campbell and other members of our community - who are also working to help improve the state we all serve - shared their voices for both the 30-second and 60-second spots. While we hear only a few seconds from each of them, they have powerful stories to tell.
UKNow asked Campbell what it means to be part of the UK community - and of a legacy - of people who are working to advance Kentucky.
Read the Q&A below.
