The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is inviting nominations for the inaugural Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science.  This award includes a payment to the recipient of $200,000.  For more information, click here.

Third-year medical students Joyce Achenjang, Nana Sarpong, and Samuel Crocker recently received the Spirit of Advocacy Award at the UK Health Colleges Student Diversity Office’s Inaugural Celebration of Excellence in Diversity Awards Reception. The Spirit of Advocacy Award is presented annually to a university group that has shown great leadership in the advancement of diversity and inclusion efforts. The student leaders accepted the award in recognition if their work with the UKMED Program.

The NIH option to use ASSIST, the Application Submission System & Interface for Submission Tracking, is now available for single-project applications such as R01s and R21s. 

UK HealthCare’s CECentral: If you have a proposal and would like to create online enduring materials for healthcare professionals, host an educational meeting, or have an activity for CME or CPE credit please contact CECentral ahead of your proposal submission.   The CECentral staff members can quickly provide you with estimated costs for inclusion in your proposal.  You can reach CECentral at:  http://www.cecentral.com/ideas.  The Idea Generator is a quick online form that

Annual Financial Disclosure Mandatory for All COM Faculty 

All faculty in the College of Medicine (physicians and basic scientists) are required to participate in financial conflict of interest disclosures.  Currently, faculty may be asked to fill out 2 separate and distinct disclosures: 

The second EAB in-person meeting of the University of Kentucky’s Center for Health Services Research (CHSR) was held at Woodford Reserve Distillery in Versailles, KY from Sunday June 19^th to Monday June 20^th, 2016. The initial dinner took place on Sunday, June 19^th at Distilled at Gratz Park.