The AAMC report can be found at this link:    

https://www.aamc.org/newsroom/newsreleases/426166/20150303.html

NIH is offering a free Webinar on Thursday, March 5^th, 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.  

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 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.