Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky to Begin in Fall 2014
The Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky (CLIK) is a new 3-week leadership development training program scheduled to begin this fall. It is offered by the UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH), the Kentucky Office of Rural Health, and the UK CCTS Community Engagement and Research Program. The CLIK is designed to enhance community research and capacity-building competencies in community leaders (e.g., directors, administrators, and other persons who play a key role in using data and decision making).
UK Psychologist Creating Online Tool to Help Patients Navigate Lung Cancer Screening Decision
Federal Guidance Changes are Coming
The Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) took 8 separate circulars applicable to different types of grantee organizations and combined them into a single document referred to as the Uniform Guidance. Much remains that looks familiar but there is the potential for both major and minor changes to our policies and procedures. To further complicate matters, the OMB document is actually guidance to federal agencies and each granting agency must issue its own implementing regula
UK Chair of Neuroscience Inducted as President-Elect of National Neurotrauma Society
Gill Heart Institute Physician Receives National Excellence in Teaching Award
UK Doctor Competing in Triathlon to Benefit His Cancer Patients
Yasuma Receives Fight for Sight Postdoctoral Research Award
JAHA to publish article by Drs. Florin and Sanda Despa, et al
New Technology Helps Gill Heart Institute Physicians Unmask Artifacts Left By Implantable Cardiac Devices
Most people hear the word "artifact" and think of amazing items found by archeologistsat a dig -- objects that shed light on bygone cultures.
For Dr. Vincent Sorrell, and his colleagues on the Gill Heart Institute's Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging team, the thought of artifacts means a challenge but one they have worked to overcome.