The NIH option to use ASSIST, the Application Submission System & Interface for Submission Tracking, is now available for single-project applications such as R01s and R21s

Researchers at the University of Kentucky's Gill Heart Institute have been awarded a four year, $2.85 million grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to study the mechanisms by which diet and family history increase the risk of heart attacks.

UK HealthCare’s CECentral: If you have a proposal and would like to create online enduring materials for healthcare professionals, host an educational meeting, or have an activity for CME or CPE credit please contact CECentral ahead of your proposal submission.   The CECentral staff members can quickly provide you with estimated costs for inclusion in your proposal.  You can reach CECentral at:  http://www.cecentral.com/ideas.  The Idea Generator is a quick online form that

Annual Financial Disclosure Mandatory for All COM Faculty 

All faculty in the College of Medicine (physicians and basic scientists) are required to participate in financial conflict of interest disclosures.  Currently, faculty may be asked to fill out 2 separate and distinct disclosures: 

The second EAB in-person meeting of the University of Kentucky’s Center for Health Services Research (CHSR) was held at Woodford Reserve Distillery in Versailles, KY from Sunday June 19th to Monday June 20th, 2016. The initial dinner took place on Sunday, June 19th at Distilled at Gratz Park.

Not even sopping wet hiking gear could blemish Jennifer Cotton's memory of a pink- and orange-hued morning sun surfacing over the Himalayan mountain line. In between medical training sessions at Tribhuvan University in Nepal, the fourth-year University of Kentucky medical student trekked across the Kathmandu Valley, stopping at small villages along the way, with a group of colleagues from around the world. On the first day of their adventure, a constant pouring of rain drenched their clothes, which they dried over a campfire that night.
UK HealthCare's Gill Heart Institute has received the "Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation Gold Quality Achievement Award" for maintaining specific quality measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer cardiac arrests in the hospital. This year marks the second year that Gill has received Gold designation. "We are committed to providing the best possible outcomes for our patients, and it's gratifying to have the quality of our care acknowledged by the American Heart Association," said Dr.

 The National Institutes of Health have introduced a series of changes to their biosketch format.  These changes will allow researchers more freedom to describe the importance of their research.  The new biosketches must be submitted with all grant applications on or after May 25, 2015. 

There are three major changes to the biosketch.  These changes are:

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees today approved University Research Professorships for 2015-16 for four faculty members. The professorships carry a $40,000 award to support research.
Two seems to be a lucky number for graduating senior Sibi Rajendran, of Frankfort, Kentucky. Two years ago, Rajendran, the son of Narayanan and Preetha Rajendran, graduated from two high schools simultaneously in two different Kentucky communities.