The National Institutes of Health have introduced a series of changes to their biosketch format.  These changes will allow researchers more freedom to describe the importance of their research.  The new biosketches must be submitted with all grant applications on or after May 25, 2015. 

There are three major changes to the biosketch.  These changes are:

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees today approved University Research Professorships for 2015-16 for four faculty members. The professorships carry a $40,000 award to support research.
Two seems to be a lucky number for graduating senior Sibi Rajendran, of Frankfort, Kentucky. Two years ago, Rajendran, the son of Narayanan and Preetha Rajendran, graduated from two high schools simultaneously in two different Kentucky communities.

Two researchers from the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging have received a multi-million dollar grant renewal to unlock the mysteries of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and brain aging with the help of people with Down syndrome (DS).

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One of the many services offered through the College of Medicine website is a profile page.  All faculty, staff and trainees of the College of Medicine have a page specific to them.  These pages offer a standardized format to display a professional photo, research interests, selected publications and pub med listings along with information such as lab personnel.  When we review website traffic, we see that these profile pages are some of the most popular portions of our website, thus we want to encourage everyone to keep their page up to date.

"Drug Interactions in Breast Cancer" project has the potential to help scientists understand why the drug tamoxifen may not work as a therapy for breast cancer in some patients. Hollie Swanson, professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, and Ok-Kyong Park-Sarge, associate professor in the Department of Physiology, worked with 10 STEMCats students on the project.
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Join the UK COM students for the 2nd Annual Charity Toast and Casino Night on Friday, May 8, 2015 from 7-11:30 p.m. at the Barrel House Events Center. Socialize and play casino games as students honor Dr. Brian Adkins.

Click here to view the flyer for this event. 

Proceeds will benefit the UK Salvation Army Clinic.
RSVP to ukcom.msga@gmail.com

 

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Dr. John Fowlkes took the helm as new director of the University of Kentucky's Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Center earlier this year with a vision to build upon the center's past work and develop a robust and comprehensive adult and pediatric center providing research, education and patient care for the thousands of Kentuckians diagnosed with diabetes. But the Texas native who has spent the last decade at the University of Arkansas Children's Hospital, has found himself in familiar territory. Fowlkes, who succeeds Dr.
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The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society hosted their fourth annual "Meet the Researchers Day" last Thursday.
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Put on your walking shoes and join the Gill Heart Institute cardiologist Dr. Alison Bailey for the 2015 Walk with a Doc season. From April through August, the program will meet twice a month on Thursdays for a 30 minute walk at the UK Arboretum.
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