Cheavar Blair successfully earns his Doctoral degree
On October 3, 2017, Cheavar Blair successfully earned his Doctoral Degree. By doing so, he has become the first African-American male in the history of the Department of Physiology to be awarded a PhD. Congratulations Dr. Blair!
THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF NON-FAILING AND FAILING HUMAN MYOCARDIUM
Doctoral Committee Members
Dr. Ken Campbell
Department of Physiology
Dr. John McCarthy
Department of Physiology
Dr. Tim McClintock
Department of Physiology
Upcoming Deadlines for Universal Tuition Program
[From the UK Graduate School]
Postdoctoral Research Blitz Set for October 6
New Limited Submission Portal Now Available
Check Out the New Limited Submissions Portal!
UK Research has just launched a new online limited submissions portal at Limited Submissions Opportunities on the Proposal Development Office website.
New Subaward Invoice Process Live Now
Research Financial Services has been leading a team with Enterprise Applications Group (EAG) and Office of Sponsored Projects Administration to create efficiency in processing subaward invoices, while meeting federal compliance standards. The EAG team developed an outstanding program to establish electronic approval for subaward invoices. The pilot has successfully been completed and effective September 29, all subaward invoices will be under the new process.
Funding Opportunity Announced for COCVD
THE CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE ON OBESITY AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (COCVD) FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
UK Researchers Seek to Identify Ways to Relieve Post-Chemotherapy Cognitive Impairment
Of the 14 million cancer survivors in the United States, a significant number experience a serious side effect called chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment (CICI). While easily recognized, little is known about the etiology of this condition, also known informally as “chemo brain.” CICI can significantly reduce patients’ quality of life with serious, even devastating, symptoms such as memory lapses, difficulty concentrating, negative impacts on multitasking, confusion and fatigue.
Guest lecturer for 2017 Bruce Lucas Symposium to speak on impact of opioid epidemic on organ donation
David Goldberg, MD, MSCE, a senior fellow from the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics in Philadelphia, will be a special guest lecturer at the 2017 edition of the Bruce Lucas Hepatology and Liver Transplant Symposium on Friday, October 13 at the Kroger Field Recruitment Room. Dr. Goldberg will present findings from studies he has published on two controversial issues in organ transplantation: the impact of the opioid epidemic on organ donations and the risk level posed by hepatitis-C infected organ donors.
The stroke program at UK HealthCare is the focus of a lecture at an international medical conference
To illustrate advanced standards of stroke care in America, Dr. Sibu Saha presented an overview of UK HealthCare’s Stroke Program at the 59th Annual Congress of the International College of Angiology (ICA) on Thursday, September 7, in Vienna, Austria,
Analytics Open Lab for UK HealthCare and the Six Health Profession Colleges
The Data, Analytics, and Statistical Core (DASC) of the Center for Health Services Research (CHSR) hosts a monthly analytics open lab. The CHSR encourages interested faculty, and staff from UKHC and the 6 health profession colleges to join analysts and statisticians on the third Friday of each month from 10:00-11:00am in the Kentucky Clinic room J524.
