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. News & World Report's Best Hospitals Rankings released today.

In addition, four major health care areas have achieved top 50 national rankings, three of them for the first time. UK HealthCare rankings included: #50 in Cancer, #44 in Neurology and Neurosurgery, #43 in Geriatrics, and #37 in Diabetes and Endocrinology.

On August 2, 2017, NIH released an updated policy eliminating appendix material related to clinical trials for applications submitted to the NIH, AHRQ or NIOSH for due dates on or after January 25, 2018.  The new policy specifies that all information for the peer review process must be contained within the application itself, in the designated section.

Faculty promotions for 2017 at the University of Kentucky Department of Surgery were announced on Thursday, July 27 by department chair Dr. Jay Zwischenberger. They included the following:

Dr. Sandra Beck
Professor

Dr. Joseph Bobadilla
Associate Professor

Dr. William Cavatassi
Associate Professor

Dr. Phillip Chang 
Professor

Dr. Roberto Gedaly
Professor

A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers shows that when therapy-sensitive cancer cells die, they release a "killer peptide" that can eliminate therapy-resistant cells.

Tumor relapse is a common problem following cancer treatment, because primary tumor cells often contain therapy-resistance cancer cells that continue to proliferate after the therapy-sensitive cells have been eliminated.

By Kristi Lopez
Link to Original Story in UKnow

This article originally appeared at https://uknow.uky.edu/research/community-transition-program-stroke-survivors-improves-health-saves-money

By Mallory Powell

NIH recently updated the RPPR FAQs page, specifically related to Final RPPRs.  Please review the FAQs here. 

[From the NIH Website]

Additional Guidance on ‘Full-Time Training’ for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards

Notice Number: NOT-OD-17-095
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Release Date: July 24, 2017

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The total requests for new and amended subawards have steadily increased, per a recent update by Kim Carter, Executive Director, UK Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (OSPA).  With over 400 requests in FY17, administering subawards has quickly become a major part of research administration operations both at the College of Medicine (COM) and University-wide levels.  &nbs