Faculty Mentor of the Week Amanda Adams College of Agriculture, Food & Environment, Equine

Dr. Amanda Adams is an Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky. She has over 20 referred publications and has been working with students in research at the university since 2011. Working at the Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, she has involved her investigations around models of ‘stress’ in particular how the process of weaning, as a model of stress, impacts immune and metabolic functions. Her research is focused on understanding how endocrine disorders —Particularly, Equine #Cushing’s disease— affects the immune response of aging horses.

Thank you Dr. Adams for all the efforts you put in research and for your dedication to undergraduate research and your undergraduate students. 

Dr. Amanda Adams - College of Agriculture, Food & Environment, Equine