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.

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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 !

The University of Kentucky Department of Biological Safety would like to invite you to register for the following seminar:

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:

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. 

When asking friends about their vacation to South America, one doesn’t expect stories about ear reconstructions, cleft lip and palate repairs, or accounts of people with severe burn scars finally getting treatment. But those are the memories that several UK physicians and residents brought back with them after a week of volunteer medical service with Medical Mission Ecuador (MME) last March. And while they weren’t typical vacation memories, each one was worth keeping and sharing.

For medical students, there is one day a year that means as much, and might be as stressful, as all the exams and studying. After four years of medical school, and numerous interviews, medical students find out where they will spend the next years of their lives in residency programs. Match Day is a culmination of the hard work and dreams of students on the path to becoming doctors.

This story was originally published on UKNow.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 25, 2016) — When you ask Brett Spear about what he most admires in his wife and colleague, Martha Peterson, a smile instantly appears on his face.