Graduation Reception Held for Lu Dai and Christina Wicker
Congratulations to Lu Dai and Christina Wicker who successfully defended their Ph.D. Congratulations to both! A Graduation Reception was held on Friday, December 15th in their honor!
FCC, NCI Working with Markey to Improve Rural Cancer Care via Broadband Access
The Federal Communications Commission’s Connect2Health Task Force (C2HFCC) has announced that the FCC and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have joined forces, signing a memorandum of understanding that will focus on how increasing broadband access and adoption in rural areas can improve the lives of rural cancer patients.
Congratulations Yuan Wen, PhD
On December 12, 2017 Yuan Wen successfully defended his dissertation and earned his PhD. With the basic science research portion of his MD/ Ph.D. program complete, Dr. Wen will now return to the clinical side to continue working towards his MD. Congratulations Dr. Wen!
β-CATENIN REGULATION OF ADULT SKELETAL MUSCLE PLASTICITY
UK Global Ophthalmology Program to Host Award-Winning Film
The University of Kentucky Global Ophthalmology (UK GO) program, a new program with a mission to prevent avoidable blindness by fighting eye disease across the Commonwealth and beyond, has partnered with the UK Global Health Initiatives, directed by Dr. Sam Matheny, professor of Family and Community Medicine, for a unique opportunity of a screening of the documentary, “Bending the Arc.”
NIH Enforcement of Closeout Policies
NIH recently released a statement indicating that it would be more strictly enforcing all grant closeout policies. To read the full statement, click here.
Campus Wide Research Offices Holiday Hours
The Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, the Proposal Development Office, the Office of Research Integrity–IRB, the Survey Research Center and the COM Sponsored Research Administrative Services offices will be closed Monday, December 25, 2017 through Monday, January 1, 2018 and will reopen on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. If you anticipate a need for services provided by any of these offices during this time, please call the appropriate office(s) as soon as possible so that assistance may be provided before the break.
Functional Neuroplasticity in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius and Increased Risk of Sudden Death in Mice with Acquired Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.
Students: Register Now for Global Health Case Competition
University of Kentucky students can register now to participate in the fourth annual Global Health Case Competition, an innovative graduate and undergraduate interdisciplinary team competition that develops strategies to address a critical global health challenge.
Registration closes midnight Friday, Dec. 15. The UK competition will be held Feb. 3. Register at http://international.uky.edu/GHI/Solve/Case.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT and RESEARCH MINI-GRANT PROGRAM 2018
Attention, Community Agency/Coalition Leaders.
The University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Community Engagement and Research Program is requesting applications from community partners for funding to support health outreach projects.
Funds will be used to support small-scale evidenced-based or evidence-informed health outreach projects that contribute to the reduction of health disparities in Appalachian communities in Kentucky by developing, implementing, and evaluating community-based projects.
Medical student earns thoracic surgery society scholarship
A second year UK medical student was awarded a scholarship from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons to attend its annual meeting in January. He was one of 30 medical students selected nationally for the honor and the only representative from the University of Kentucky.
