New Study Examines Patterns of Cancer Screening in Appalachian Women
NIH Announces Salary Cap Increases as of January 12
As part of the recent announcment that NIH is operating under a continuing solution, it was announced that the salary cap has been increased by 1%. To read more about the continuing resolution and the salary cap increase, click here.
COBRE-MCC-CCTS Funding Opportunity
THE CENTER OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE (COBRE),
THE MARKEY CANCER CENTER (MCC)
&
THE CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES (CCTS)
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
UK Employees Providing Hope for Haiti
Radiation Oncology Residency Program
Research Day
The AOA/MD/PhD Research day event organizers and participants would like to thank Dr. Andrew Shafer for speaking at this year's event, held February 21, 2014.
Sally Rockey, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, Releases NIH Statistics for Fiscal Year 2013 Grant Funding
Sally Rockey, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, released in a recent blog post the FY 2013 information for research applications, funding and awards. To read her blog post, click here.
Dr. Rockey releases a blog post every week with benefical information for every researcher. To sign up for Dr. Rockey's blog, called Rock Talk, click here.
New Lecture Series to Promote Benefits of Music in Wellness, Health Care
A new lecture series presented by mUsiKcare will highlight wellness and health care benefits of music programs like the UK piano courses for individuals 50 years of age and older. A transcript of this video can be found here. Video by Jenny Wells/UK Public Relations and Marketing.
Brian Rinker, MD is Awarded The “BEST BREAST PAPER”
Dr. Rinker's manuscript, “The Use of Dermal Autograft as an Adjunct to Breast Reconstruction with Tissue Expanders”(Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 130: 1179, 2012) has won “BEST BREAST PAPER” in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for calendar 2012.