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Warm weather is back. Therefore it is time to review appropriate clothing for working in the laboratory. According to the UK Environmental Health and Safety guidelines, lab personnel should not shorts or tank tops, torn clothing or extremely loose or dangling clothing. Long hair should be restrained. Shoes should be closed toed therefore, sandals and flipflops are not allowed. If you have questions about appropriate clothing to wear while working in the lab, refer to the Environmental Health and Safety website.

The National Science Board has recently released a Request for Information: Reducing Investigator's Administrative Workload for Federally Funded Research. Read more at the National Science Board website.

Federal regulations issued by the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) require employees performing work on sponsored agreements to certify university work efforts as a distribution of 100% of total compensated time worked. UK has chosen the After-the-Fact effort reporting method described in Section J.8 of OMB Circular A-21 to meet the requirement for certifying effort on sponsored project agreements. 

From the NIH Public Access Website: The NIH Public Access Policy ensures that the public has access to the published results of NIH funded research. It requires scientists to submit final peer-reviewed journal manuscripts that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. To help advance science and improve human health, the Policy requires that these papers are accessible to the public on PubMed Central no later than 12 months after publication.

The Department of Behavioral Science, founded in 1959 (the first such department in a medical school anywhere), is one of the basic science d

3/20/13-North Central AHEC Guidance Counselor Workshop

One of the most pressing issues facing our health care system is the ongoing shortage of health care workers.  From dentists to medical assistants to nurse practitioners, the demand is increasing just as many workers reach retirement age and leave the workforce.  The shortage is also expected to worsen as the population ages and the demand for health care workers increases. 

The undergraduate curriculum for the College of Medicine promotes excellence in the foundational scientific and clinical principles supporting the delivery of compassionate, cutting-edge, preventive and therapeutic clinical care. The College prides itself on continually reviewing its curriculum with revisions and additions that represent best practices in modern medicine, correlated with principles of professionalism and cultural competence. The curriculum provides the nowledge base, attitudes and skills necessary for students to become outstanding physicians in the 21st century.