Family Impacted by UK's Sanders-Brown Hopes to be Part of Alzheimer's Ultimate Cure
Nearly 68,000 Kentuckians today are suffering from Alzheimer's disease, but the emotional and financial tolls are much higher. That's because, in the words of Linda Van Eldik, Alzheimer's is a "family disease."
"Alzheimer's affects the patient, of course, but as the disease progresses, it is also devastating for the people who love and care for that patient," said Van Eldik, director of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.
UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Excels at Recent National Conference
Electronic Transmission of IRB Submissions
Beginning Monday, April 11th, all new protocol submissions, modifications, adverse events, violations and continuation reviews may be submitted electronically. This is an initial step in the shift from paper to electronic submission as the web-based E-IRB program is being developed.
UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health Hosts Academic Advising Summit
Appalachian Research Day to be Held May 18
Rural Appalachian communities in eastern Kentucky suffer from some of the Nation’s most concerning health disparities. Community-based research can be an effective way to address health disparities by identifying problems and sharing workable solutions.
Hangin' With Zwisch: Invention is Not Work(ing)
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New Department-Level PI Report Now Available
With the assistance of the UKHC Business Partners, we are pleased to make available a college-level version of the monthly PI Report. Using the versions of the report that the SRAS receives by CGO and IBU, this is a college-wide report that can be easily filtered by department. We have posted the report using February data to the College’s Finance SharePoint site (accessible to chairs and DAs; in the Grants Reports folder, see SPA PI Reports folder) and also to the shared IBU FI drive (in the ! WBS Elements folder, see !
Biological Safety Department to Offer Replication Competency Testing Seminar
The University of Kentucky Department of Biological Safety would like to invite you to register for the following seminar:
NIH Announces Dates for Release of Forms D Application Packets
By March 25, 2016, NIH will release the new FORMS D packet to accommodate the updated requirements for applications due on or after May 25, 2016.
The changes in the new FORMS D packet focus on the following areas:
CCTS Spring Conference Extends Abstract Submission Deadline
The deadline to submit an abstract for the CCTS Spring Conference and cooperating conferences has been extended (for most sessions*) to Friday, April 1, 2016.
