‘UK at the Half’: A digital health system for equestrians
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 31, 2025) — The University of Kentucky’s Michaela Keener is revolutionizing equestrian health care with an interactive digital health system that connects riders to essential medical resources.
The innovation is called The Graham — a tool designed to measure balance and reaction time, improving health care accessibility for all equestrians.
Listen to this “UK at the Half” to hear from Keener, an assistant professor of athletic training and clinical nutrition in the UK College of Health Sciences and a researcher with the Sports Medicine Research Institute.
Read more about her work and watch a video by the UK Research Communications team here.
“UK at the Half” airs during halftime of each UK football and basketball game broadcast on radio and is hosted by UK Public Relations and Strategic Communications and Marketing and Brand Strategy. To hear the “UK at the Half” interview, click on the play button above.
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