MEDIA CONTACT: Beth Bowling, beth.bowling@uky.edu, 606-439-3557

Author: Jennifer Molley Wilson
HAZARD, Ky. (Sept. 15, 2107)
– The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health is pleased to announce Kayla Combs, rural project manager at the Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH), has received the 2017 Emerging Leader Award from the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH). Combs received her award at a Sept. 6 ceremony during the organization’s annual conference in Savannah, Ga.

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Recently, UK Research Financial Services, formerly called Sponsored Projects Accounting, made a few changes to the PI financial reports they provide through email each month to all PIs. In response to those changes, the College of Medicine Sponsored Research Administrative Services (SRAS) created a helpful information document to assist you in working with the new financial report. To access the Best Practices Document, click here.

The Office of Technology Commercialization recently published is 2017 Annual Report, detailing the commercialization achievements of the office as well as the new programs, resources and services that it offers.  Click on the document below to see the full report.

NIH recently issued a notice to remind both applicants and program officials that all applications must be complete and compliant at the time of submission. 

  • Applications can not contain placeholder documents to override the eRA system checks.

  • Applicants are responsible for completing checks for errors and omissions prior to 5PM local time on the application date.

Physicians at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center are the first to perform a unique procedure to treat a rare and persistent type of ovarian cancer. Surgical oncologist Dr. Lauren Baldwin and radiation oncologist Dr. Jonathan Feddock collaborated on the procedure, which involved resecting the tumor and installing a special internal radiation device known as a CivaSheet. For nearly three decades, the patient who underwent the procedure has been living with a rare type of slow-growing ovarian cancer. Multiple rounds of chemotherapy and radiation failed to stop the disease.
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Medical residents from the University of Kentucky Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery recently won the 2017 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) Academic Quiz Bowl at the AAO-HNS Annual Meeting held in Chicago Sept.10 to 13.

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St. Elizabeth Healthcare has provided a gift of $2.5 million to support a tuition scholarship program for the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Northern Kentucky. Through this gift, scholarships will be awarded to medical students enrolled at the Northern Kentucky campus, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2019.

The affiliation between the University of Kentucky, Northern Kentucky University and St. Elizabeth Healthcare was announced in February. This scholarship program is the next step in the development of a regional medical college in Northern Kentucky.

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Charles Marshall Selected for 2017 Academic Leadership Academy Program Offered by Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium

Charles Taylor Marshall, PhD, associate professor at the University of Kentucky (UK) Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) in Hazard, is among 41 faculty and professional staff from nine Kentucky colleges and universities selected as fellows for the fourth Academic Leadership Academy sponsored by the Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium.

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