Dr. Campbell Runs 5k For 1,000 days
Graduate School Updates Actual Universal Tuition Rates and Health Insurance Premium Rates for FY 2017/18
The Graduate School Tuition Fee Schedule was updated recently. The FY 2017/2018 acutal universal tuition rate for a full-time GA/RA is $12,246 ($6,123 per semester); and the actual health insurance premium is $2,166 ($823 – fall semester, and $1,343 – spring semester).
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VPR Message about the E-IRB
Consistent with the University of Kentucky’s (UK) mission, vision, and values, the Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR) provides programs and services to facilitate research, as well as support UK faculty, staff and students in research development and submission.
Funding Opportunity Available from COCVD
THE CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE ON OBESITY AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (COCVD)
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
COCVD Pilot Grant Funding Opportunity
The NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) on Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases, in collaboration with the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS) announce the availability of limited funds to support pilot projects focused on research examining obesity-associated diseases (cardiovascular, diabetes, others). These pilot grants are intended to assist investigators new to this area of research to generate sufficient data to be competitive for extramural funding.
Funding Amount:
U.S. News & World Report Ranks UK Chandler Hospital Best in the State, UK HealthCare Specialty Services Nationally Ranked
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 8, 2017) By Kristi Lopez and Allison Perry Aug. 8, 2017
UK HealthCare’s University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital remains the No. 1 hospital in Kentucky and the Bluegrass Region, according to the U.S.
Proposal Development Office Available as a Pre-Award Resource
The UK Proposal Development Office (PDO) is a pre-award resource within the suite of services provided by the Office of the Vice President for Research to support strategic research development across campus through targeted resource and service delivery. PDO provides an array of services to faculty, staff, and students to assist them in securing extramural funding for scholarly activities. Primary research development services include:
coordination of complex multi-disciplinary projects and proposals;
Changing Policies Impact NIH-funded Studies Involving Human Subjects
[from the NIH website]
Message to NIH grant applicants/awardees, contractors, researchers and research administrators:
If you are conducting NIH-funded research that involves human subjects, or are considering applying to NIH for support of such research, we want to call your attention to important changes that may affect how you:
Kentucky Homeplace Partnerships Increase Client Access to Chronic Disease Self-Management Education and Walking Programs
MEDIA CONTACT: Beth Bowling, beth.bowling@uky.edu, 606-439-3557
Former Wildcat Standout Faces a New Opponent: ALS
Everyday, approximately 15 people learn they have Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. ALS is a progressive neurological disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord, eventually stealing from its victims the ability to walk, dress, write, speak, swallow and breathe. Most ALS patients die within five years of diagnosis, and currently, there is no cure.
