Laura Dawahare | UKnow | Jan. 6, 2017 

[from the VPR's Office]

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Check out Newly Issued NIH Administrative Supplement Opportunities!

Although the continuing resolution for funding of the FY 2017 federal budget has been extended to spring, potentially delaying issuance of some awards or temporarily reducing current year budget amounts, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a number of opportunities for supplemental funding to an array of active awards across diverse grant mechanisms.  

Kentucky ranks eighth in the nation in our rate of stroke; we lose over 2000 Kentuckians every year to this disease. The risk factors are very similar to those for heart disease and include high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, smoking, obesity, and sedentary lifestyle. We can do a much better job preventing strokes if we understand what causes them. Dr.

Michele Staton-Tindall grew up in rural Appalachia during a time when people felt so safe they didn’t even lock their doors at night. The ensuing drug epidemic that now ravages her former home has dramatically impacted the lives of the Appalachian people and broken that sense of security.