UK Health Care pediatrician Dr. Lindsay B. Ragsdale was recently elected as chair of the Pediatric Special Interest Group for the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine (AAHPM). Ragsdale is the associate director of the Pediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT), which serves families of seriously ill children at Kentucky Children's Hospital (KCH). PACT focuses on improving quality of life, communicating health information to families and managing pain for patients in many sections of the hospital.
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The 2015 Saha Awards application process is now open. 

The application process will close on Monday, June 1, 2015.

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The Office of Research within the College of Medicine has the mission of supporting faculty, staff and trainees in all aspects of their research-related endeavors.  This office recently launched a new website to assist with the dissemination of pertinent information.  The website is located within the College of Medicine Research site and can be found by clicking here.   

[From the NHLBI Website]

Charting our future together: NHLBI’s Strategic Visioning Process

 

You may want to consider providing feedback on the NIH proposed Clinical Trials Registration rule. The deadline has been extended to March 23, 2015. To view the release and make comments, click here.

Xiang-An Li, Ph.D., of the University of Kentucky Saha Cardiovascular Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, has been awarded a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study synthetic HDL (sHDL) as a potential therapy for sepsis. Sepsis -- also called septicemia -- is a life-threatening condition caused by an overwhelming immune response to infection. Immune chemicals released by the body into the bloodstream to fight the infection trigger widespread inflammation that can damage multiple organ systems.
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Governor Steve Beshear, joined by legislative leaders, today signed legislation authorizing construction of a multidisciplinary research building at the University of Kentucky. House Bill 298 provides for a state-of-the-art facility which will house world-class research across health disciplines. Research will focus on the many health challenges facing the Commonwealth, particularly those which contribute to preventable diseases and deaths. “This project represents the potential to improve the lives of so many, both within Kentucky where our health outcomes are so poor, and beyond,” Gov.