The deadline for applications for the UK/AHEC Summer Health Careers Enrichment Camp has been extended to Friday, April 18^th.  The Summer Camp is for rising 9^th and 10^th graders from Perry, Leslie, Letcher, Knott, Breathitt, and Harlan Counties who have expressed an interest in healthcare professions.  The 2014 camp will run June 18^th – July 1^st, and will feature educational experiences that are engaging and fun, designed to develop and expand students’ knowledge of healthcare careers.  For more information, contact LeeAnn

Have you submitted a proposal or do you plan to do so in the next few months?

The University of Kentucky Center for Molecular Medicine through a NIH/NIGMS funded Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant anticipates funding pilot grants in the amount of $50,000 per year for up to two years.  Research projects should fit into the general theme of the molecular basis of human disease. Three categories of grants will be considered: 

We are pleased to announce a new research opportunity at UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health. Dr. Patrick Kitzman with the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences is conducting a pilot study on Stroke Navigators.

Hazard, Ky. (Mar. 24, 2014) –  Kentucky Homeplace has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People 2020 initiative for their work to improve colorectal cancer screening rates.

Colorectal cancer is a serious concern in Kentucky, where the incidence and mortality rates for colorectal cancer are higher than the national average.

NIH recently featured translational research performed by Premi Haynes as part of her PhD project. Premi discovered a new pattern of contraction in human hearts and you can read about her findings in a press release issued by UK Now.

http://uknow.uky.edu/content/haynes-first-identify-cellular-patterns-contraction-human-hearts