NIH Operates Under a Continuing Resolution


Notice Number: NOT-OD-14-012

Key Dates Release Date: October 25, 2013

Related Announcements NOT-OD-14-007

Issued by National Institutes of Health (NIH)

A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers Min Chen and Kathleen O’Connor shows that a specific protein may assist breast cancer cells in metastasizing. Tumor cells escape a primary tumor by a process called invasion. This process of invasion requires cells to migrate or move through tissue.
The college’s mission is to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes that promote professionalism, teamwork, life-long learning, empathy, scholarship, cultural sensitivity, and leadership, with the goal of providing excellence in education, health care and research within the Commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond.

The University of Kentucky will open one of the country's largest hybrid operating rooms — the first of its kind in the region — as well as eight new, state-of-the-art, multi-purpose operating rooms, in the next few weeks, as the most recent phase of construction and expansion at the UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital is completed.

The latest phase completed includes the unique hybrid operating room which combines the most advanced and high-quality imaging technology with surgical operative capabilities to create a unique operating room environment as well as:

Revised Guidance on Resumption of NIH Extramural Activities Following the Recent Lapse in Appropriations


Notice Number: NOT-OD-14-007

Key Dates
Release Date: October 22, 2013

Related Announcements
NOT-OD-14-002
NOT-OD-14-003
NOT-OD-14-006

To draw attention to the importance of ovarian cancer screening, Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear joined Kentucky’s female legislators to highlight results from the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center's Ovarian Cancer Screening Program. The screening program is an ongoing, 26-year research study showing that annual screening continues to detect ovarian cancer at an earlier stage than is possible with a clinical examination. 

The Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CERH) and the Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH) want to “celebrate the power of rural” and create excitement throughout Kentucky by having an amateur photo contest. Share your love of all things rural, through your art of photography. Rural landscape photos and rural health related photos will be accepted now through November 14th. For details see the flyer below.

Guidance on Resumption of NIH Extramural Activities Following the Recent Lapse in Appropriations


Notice Number: NOT-OD-14-003

Key Dates
Release Date: October 18, 2013

Related Announcements
NOT-OD-14-002

Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Purpose

Craig Rush is devoted to improving the lives of people who struggle with drug abuse by identifying treatments that allow them to stop or reduce their drug use. Since joining the University of Kentucky in 1999, he has come to wear several hats. He is the director of UK’s Laboratory of Human Behavioral Pharmacology, serves as assistant vice president for research, and holds professorships in the departments of behavioral health, psychiatry and psychology so that he can help train the next generation of researchers.