Navigating Moral Distress during Training
Ese Ighodaro featured in Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology
Ese Ighodaro, a COM M.D./Ph.D. student, mentored by Pete T. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., recently published a research article titled “Hippocampal Sclerosis of Aging Can Be Segmental: Two Cases and Review of the Literature” in the July issue of the Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. In addition to having their work published in the journal, figures from their research will also be featured on the cover of the journal.
Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Graduates honored at 2015 May Commencement
Doctor of Philosophy: Junting Ai, China; Kate Townsend Creasy, Richmond, VA; Paulina Renee Davis, Temecula, CA; Leann Sara Fiore, Tulsa, OK; Sang Hee Lee, South Korea; Kristen Platt, Flemingsburg, KY; Robin Camille Shoemaker, Farmington, NM; Joel Christopher Thompson, Lexington, KY; Congqing Wu, Lexington, KY
UK Hosts 5th Annual Barnstable Brown Research Day
The University of Kentucky’s fifth annual Barnstable Brown Obesity and Diabetes Research Day was held on May 20 at the Albert B. Chandler Hospital Pavilion A.
Since 2011, the event has focused on current findings in obesity and diabetes research and features presentations by nationally prominent physician-scientists as well as the work of regional researchers and UK students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty chosen from abstract submissions.
Hoven Elected First Female Chair of World Medical Association
Retired University of Kentucky professor Dr. Ardis D. Hoven was elected the first female chair of the World Medical Association (WMA) at the organization’s 200th council meeting in Oslo, Norway.
Hoven has served as chair of the American Medical Association delegation to the WMA for the past few years and now will serve a two-year term as chair of the WMA. The WMA is the international organization representing physicians from 111 national medical associations.
Gill Heart Institute Doctor Assesses New Cholesterol Drugs
On the brink of FDA approval is a new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs with the potential to change the landscape in the prevention of heart attack and stroke.
Registration is now open for the 24th Annual South East Lipid Research Conference
Registration is now open for the 24th Annual South East Lipid Research Conference.
UK CESB Metabolomics Symposium and Workshop
The University of Kentucky’s NIH-funded Resource Center for Stable Isotope-Resolved Metabolomics presents its Metabolomics Symposium & Workshop with a one-day Symposium on July 26 followed by a 12-day, hands-on Workshop through August 7, 2015.
Symposium
Check Your Eligibility for NIH Continuous Submission
Faculty who serve on an NIH study section or advisory board may have continuous submission privileges meaning they can submit proposals after the standard deadlines and still have their proposal reviewed in the current funding cycle.
Faculty can review the continuous submission policies and check their eligibility at the links below:
General Continuous Submission Link:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/peer/continuous_submission.htm
NIH Finalizes Changes to Grant Application Instructions to Address Reproducibility of Research Results
Recent attention on the inability to reproduce scientific research findings reported in peer-reviewed journals has led the leadership of NIH to review its application requirements. This review has led to a proposed set of changes to the application instructions that, upon approval by the White House Office of Management and Budget, will take effect for applications submitted on or after January 25, 2016.
The new instructions will focus on four areas deemed important for enhancing rigor and transparency: