University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto believes it is time "to make death a beggar in Kentucky.” It’s the idea that through world-class research across an array of disciplines, and a commitment to working as partners with communities across the state, some of the most stubborn health challenges and statistics that plague Kentucky can be successfully attacked. On Tuesday, the state General Assembly and Gov.

NIH is offering a free Webinar on Thursday, March 5th, 1:00-2:00 pm  to provide more information about the  NIH Public Access Policy.  The link below takes you to the online registration interface.    

Webinar:    March 5, 2015

NCBI and the NIH Public Access Policy: PMC Submissions, My NCBI, My Bibliography and SciENcv 

Effective 7/1/15, UK temporary employees (including STEPS) will be eligible for the health care credit if they work .75 FTE or more. This can be on one assignment or several assignments that total .75 FTE or more.  The employees will be offered the same choice of plans as regular full-time employees.  

University of Kentucky women's basketball coach Matthew Mitchell will headline the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Foundation Dinner celebrating great minds on April 23. The event, presented and sponsored by Alltech, will be held at the Lexington Center in downtown Lexington, with more than 700 people expected to attend. Each year, the dinner hosts a guest speaker who is either an example of successful aging or who has a personal connection to Alzheimer’s and age-related diseases. Previous guest speakers have included such well-known figures as Captain Chesley B.

The 2015 Saha Awards application process is now open.

These awards are given to encourage and support staff and students with an interest in and dedication to cardiovascular medicine. Each award includes an unrestricted $1000 prize, a certificate and recognition at the University of Kentucky Gill Heart Institute Cardiovascular Research Day held on October 2, 2015 at the Lexington Convention Center.

The UK American Medical Association (AMA) Chapter was recently named the winner of the Healthy Body, Healthy Mind Community Service Competition hosted by Region 5 of the AMA Medical Student Section (MSS). Healthy Body, Healthy Mind was a region-wide community service campaign that targeted elementary school children living in urban and rural areas at highest risk of developing obesity and dropping out of school.

The National Cancer Institute recently awarded a two-year, $357,743 grant to University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers to study the role of a certain protein in aggressive cancer metastasis. The lab of Kathleen O'Connor, professor in UK's Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, studies how tumor cells interact with their environment to make cancer more aggressive. Specifically, O'Connor's lab studies a protein called integrin α6β4, a protein that integrates signals from its environment so that cells can respond properly and die off if they are in the wrong context.

The Proposal Development Office (PDO) at UK has scheduled workshops to assist faculty in meeting the requirements for the new NIH Biosketch formats.  NIH will require this new format for all submissions received on or after May 25, 2015.

 

The Gill Heart Institute at the University of Kentucky is participating in a multi-center clinical trial of a new medical device that has the potential to improve the outcomes and reduce the incidence of angina for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). For decades, cardiologists opened blocked coronary arteries using balloons and followed that by implanting stents (mesh-like devices) that act like scaffolds to maintain the patency of the artery. Traditionally, stents are a permanent implant made of metal.
On Saturday, the University of Kentucky Alumni Association presented its 2015 Great Teacher Awards to six recipients at a recognition dinner. The award-winners were then recognized on the court of Rupp Arena during the Kentucky vs. Auburn men’s basketball game. The recipients are: Sameer Desai, College of Medicine, Emergency Medicine Pearl James, College of Arts and Sciences, English W. Brent Seales, College of Engineering, Computer Science Timothy R.B. Taylor, College of Engineering, Civil Engineering Tim L.