University of Kentucky researcher Bradley Taylor recently received a five-year, $3 million research grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to better understand the physiological mechanisms of chronic pain. For many patients recovering from an injury, pain disappears after the injury heals, but for others, pain persists for months, years or even decades.
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UK HealthCare's Kentucky Neuroscience Institute (KNI) has been re-designated a Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) by The Joint Commission (TJC) and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. UK HealthCare was first designated a CSC in 2014. It is one of 96 U.S. institutions — and the only one in Lexington — with CSC-designation.
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Members of the Gill Heart Institute and Saha Cardiovascular Research Center recently published their research on the effect of renovascular disease in patients with CKD (chronic kidney disease) in Angiology, Journal of Vascular Diseases.

Shriners Hospitals for Children and UK Healthcare celebrated an important milestone in the construction of the $47 million Shriners Hospitals for Children Medical Center (SHCMC) on Tuesday — the “topping out” of the new building. Construction began March 9, 2015, on the five-story medical center located at the corner of Conn Terrace and South Limestone, on the UK HealthCare campus across from the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital. “Topping out” is the construction term used to indicate that the final steel beam is being placed on the building.
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UK HealthCare's Kentucky Neuroscience Institute (KNI) has been re-designated a Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) by The Joint Commission (TJC) and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. UK HealthCare was first designated a CSC in 2014. It is one of 96 U.S. institutions — and the only one in Lexington — with CSC-designation.
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The American College of Radiology has awarded University of Kentucky Department of Radiology with its Gold Seals in all modalities of Accreditation, which recognizes the highest level of imaging quality and safety.

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With the recent changes to the PI Reports that are distributed each month by Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA), we’re providing some informational sessions to all faculty and staff interested in understanding & interpreting these reports. It took a bit longer than expected, but we have scheduled several sessions to review the information included in these reports. Our first sessions are as follows:

The semi-annual proposal deadlines for the American Heart Association are coming up in January 2016.  In addition to alerting your Pre-Award GPS as soon as possible of your plans, here are a few helpful hints as you start working on your propo