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.
Saha Awards for Cardiovascular Research and Education
The Saha Cardiovascular Research Center is now accepting applications for the 2017 Saha Awards.
The application process will close on Friday, September 15, 2017.
UK welcomes a specialist in general and endocrine surgery to its faculty
The University of Kentucky’s Department of Surgery will be welcoming several new surgeons to its faculty throughout most of the summer and fall of 2017. One of the most recent to join is Dr. Reese W. Randle, a general surgeon with a specialty interest in endocrine surgery. Dr. Randle commenced his practicing on August 1.
Dr. Randle is originally from Houston, Texas. His father works in the oil industry “like nearly everyone else in Houston.” His mother is a long time school teacher.
Welcome Drs. Bieberich, Brandon, Spassieva, Wang
The Department of Physiology welcomes our newest faculty!
Erhard Bieberich, PhD
Professor
(previously Augusta University)
Guanghu Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
(previously Augusta University)
Stefanka Spassieva, PhD
Assistant Professor
(previously Texas A&M)
