The University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science has awarded 12 pilot grants to support innovative, collaborative research relevant to the health challenges and disparities faced by the nation and the citizens of Kentucky. Such preliminary and proof-of-concept studies are critical to moving basic laboratory findings into clinical applications.

The Sue Fosson Spring Humanities Festival will be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 in the Singletary Center for the Arts Recital Hall. This event will include an evening of musical entertainment by students, faculty, residents and staff of the UK Chandler Medical Center. There will be music, dancing, poetry reading, and much more. Save the date and mark your calendar.

To view photos from the 2014 Humanities Festival, click here. 

 It wasn't so long ago that the only imaging available to physicians was an X-ray.  How times have changed.

The term "imaging" now applies to any number of procedures, including MRI, CT scans, sonography, and echocardiography, all of which help physicians diagnose patient illnesses non-invasively. 

As director of the echocardiography lab at the University of Kentucky's Gill Heart Institute, Dr. Mikel Smith excels at the latter. "We like to joke that we take pictures for a living," Dr. Smith says of himself and his team. 

The NIH Common Funds Metabolomics program's Resource Center for Stable Isotope Resolved Metabolomics (RC-SIRM) announces the availability of up to $50,000 value in analytical services per project.  Pilot and Feasibility proposals are due on Mon March 16, 2015.  Please be sure to use the link below for the most accurate information regarding application.

 http://bioinformatics.cesb.uky.edu/bin/view/RCSIRM/PilotAndFeasibilityGrants