The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Inspector General has released a plan to review that grantee institutions are complying with Conflict of Interest regulations. To see the report, click here.  It is noted within the report starting on page 30. The Univeristy of Kentucky regulations on Conflict of Interest are available here.

Translational research — the process of moving a laboratory discovery into clinical applications — is a long and complex process requiring diverse expertise, ranging from basic science and regulatory affairs to participant recruitment and rclinical application. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), it can take more than a decade for a lab discovery to result in a new treatment, medical device, or prevention method.

Some University of Kentucky medical students pumped their fists while others unleashed tears of relief. Some took the opportunity to thank professors, parents, spouses and friends. A few pulled baseball caps out of bags as if they were selected in the NBA draft. And one bold student danced his way to the podium, taking a "selfie" with his camera phone upon arrival.

The Fornwalt Lab (www.fornwaltlab.com) aims to use both echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children with heart disease to improve clinical practice. We are particularly interested in understanding normal patterns of contraction in the heart, how these patterns are different in children with heart failure, and what treatments can be provided in order to correct abnormal contraction. We are also using MRI to explore the cardiovascular effects of obesity in both animal models and children.
Nagaraj Kerur, a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, has received a prestigious K99/R00 award from the National Eye Institute (NEI). This Pathway to Independence award is one of only four given by the NEI in the nation annually. The award will provide up to five years of support consisting of two phases. The initial mentored phase will provide support for up to two years for the most promising and exceptionally talented new investigators.
When Premi Haynes was growing up in Pune, India, she attended Stella Maris High School, an English language convent school founded by Swiss nuns. Her second grade singing class used a book of English songs. One of the songs was "My Old Kentucky Home." At that time, Haynes had never heard of Kentucky, had no idea where it was, and had no particular ambition to go there. Some 20 years and a twist of fate later, today Haynes is defending her Ph.D.

Questions continue to come up related to compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy. We are pleased to provide this additional resource as investigators work through the steps to comply with this policy. This PowerPoint is from a presentation at the June 2013 NIH Regional Conference.  To view the presentation, click on the file below.

NIH Will Open the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) for All Type 5 Non-SNAP Progress Reports on April 25, 2014