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By Elizabeth Adams
UKnow

The 20-week ultrasound appointment privileges parents to a sneak-peek of their baby growing inside the womb.

First-time parents Anna (Seitz) and Evan Ciannello went into their 20-week appointment expecting to see their baby’s physical features taking perfect form — 10 tiny fingers, one wrinkled nose, two eyes yet to open and a complete mouth, perhaps sucking a thumb. But the 20-week ultrasound appointment brought unwelcome news to the couple.

The University of Kentucky Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinic earned the Patient Experience Award for the third quarter of 2017. It is the fourth time the clinic has won the award.

The award, which is determined from the results of national patient satisfaction surveys, placed the clinic among the highest rated in the United States, according to the UK Office of Patient Experience.

Effective immediately, the College of Medicine SRAS GPSs will be using health insurance rates in grant budgets based on actual enrollment information that is available to them for College of Medicine employees via HR/Payroll in SAP. Previously, the highest rate for full family coverage has been used in most cases, since the budget figure was just expected to be an estimate of expenses.

The Diabetes Research Center at Washington University in collaborativion with the University of Kentucky announce the application process for Collabroative Pilot and Feasibility Awards .  One or two awards in of $40,000 each for one year are being offered by the group.  The grant submission deadline is 5pm on August 7, 2017.

Whether your unit initiates its own subawards using the OSPA On-Line Subagreement Request System, or you work with your COM SRAS analyst to do so, OSPA has provided a

Text by: Melanie J. Sparks

Imagine working in a coal mine: Dark, narrow, and cave-like. This is the image most would have. But David Nelson, Doctor of Physical Therapy student at the Hazard Campus, had the opportunity to go into a mine and see for himself, and he describes it differently.

“The mine was like a giant, dark, low-roof super store with anything but an even surface to walk on,” Nelson said. “We relied on our balance and the light source of our helmets to walk on coal the size of softballs and to navigate the tunnels, commonly known as seams.”