The UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health, the Kentucky Office of Rural Health, and the Kentucky Rural Health Association are excited to announce the 2014 Kentucky Rural Health Day Photo Contest.

The theme for the photo contest will be “Bridges to Rural Health” where we ask for participants to submit photos taken of bridges from all across Kentucky. You can find a flier for the Photo Contest here.

November marks a very important time for me. It is my annual hire date and also the month in which the Health Occupations Today (HOT) Expo is usually held.  Last year I had the opportunity to see it during the first week of my job. I was completely overwhelmed and awestruck at the event. The team at Southern KY AHEC had worked diligently planning and preparing for this event and it showed. Of course I had no idea what had taken place behind the scene to get to this point.

Please join us to view the following NIH-sponsored webinars in the Multi-purpose Room 27 of 138 Leader Avenue:

Wednesday, November 5, Fellowship Awards

Monday, November 10, Research Project Grants (R01s)

The webinars will run from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., including a 30 minute Q&A period.

Viewers will see presentations by Five CSR/NIH Experts

The University of Kentucky has been approved to lead a $14.9 million project from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to identify the most effective approaches for patient care transitions as they move between hospitals, nursing homes and their own homes.

After obtaining an undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University, landing a graduate research position at Georgia Tech, and designing jet engine acoustics as a consultant for the Federal Aviation Administration and NASA, Ben Havrilesko decided to plot a new career course.

Wearing light blue scrubs and toting medical science texts across campus, the first-year medical student is today immersed in the mechanics of the human body. When asked about life before medical school, Havrilesko clarifies some misconceptions about his former role as an aeronautical engineer 

Academic Convocation and Awards Day was held on Wednesday, October 8, 2014, in the UK Chandler Hospital Pavilion H Auditorium. Academic Convocation is an annual presentation of awards to students and faculty for outstanding achievement in academics, service, research and teaching during the previous year. The Edwin Munich Memorial Lecture presented by Dr. David J. Moliterno, Jack M. Gill Professor and Chairman of Internal Medicine and Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs, was titled “The Crucial Role of Medical Education in the Evolution of Contemporary Healthcare.”

The University of Kentucky has been approved to lead a $14.9 million project from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to identify the most effective approaches for patient care transitions as they move between hospitals, nursing homes and their own homes.

Dear Chairs and Center Directors,

 In response to feedback about the draft IDP, we have created a slightly modified version, which is attached. The major change in this version is the specific inclusion of questions in Parts II and III related to understanding responsible conduct of research, in order to ensure that our training plans are meeting with NIH standards in this area.  In addition, we slightly modified the introductory paragraph so that it can be directly cut and pasted into a progress report.  This section now reads:

[From VPR Office]

As a result of recent lapses in biosafety practices at Federal laboratories, the Federal Government has issued a “Safety Stand-Down” for federal facilities to ensure safety of laboratory researchers and the American public. The University of Kentucky as a recipient of Federal research funding is encouraged to conduct similar reviews.