UK Fellowship Program Accredited by the American Board of Addiction Medicine
UK Libraries Workshops to Help Users Save Time, Be More Effective With Research
UK Research Building Clears First Legislative Hurdle
Echocardiography is Much More Than Just "Taking Pictures"
It wasn't so long ago that the only imaging available to physicians was an X-ray. How times have changed.
The term "imaging" now applies to any number of procedures, including MRI, CT scans, sonography, and echocardiography, all of which help physicians diagnose patient illnesses non-invasively.
As director of the echocardiography lab at the University of Kentucky's Gill Heart Institute, Dr. Mikel Smith excels at the latter. "We like to joke that we take pictures for a living," Dr. Smith says of himself and his team.
NIH Common Funds Metabolomics Program is Now Accepting Proposals
The NIH Common Funds Metabolomics program's Resource Center for Stable Isotope Resolved Metabolomics (RC-SIRM) announces the availability of up to $50,000 value in analytical services per project. Pilot and Feasibility proposals are due on Mon March 16, 2015. Please be sure to use the link below for the most accurate information regarding application.
http://bioinformatics.cesb.uky.edu/bin/view/RCSIRM/PilotAndFeasibilityGrants
Basic Science and Center IBU Relocating to Leader Ave Building
NIH Releases Frequently Asked Questions for Uniform Guidance
On February 5, 2015, NIH released a list of frequently asked questions for Uniform Guidance and NIH Interim Grant Conditions. To view the new list, click here.
UK Chandler Hospital Hosts First National Wear Red Day Symposium
UK takes part in AHA “National Wear Red Day”
Calling for Nominations: Frederick and Marcielle de Beer Award
In 2013, as part of the Diabetes and Obesity Research Day at UK, the inaugural Fred and Marcielle de Beer Award was awarded to the de Beer’s for their contributions to the development of the Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Research Center (BBDOC) and for their long-standing research accomplishments at the University of Kentucky. The 2014 recipient was Dr. Lisa Cassis.