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The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC) has been awarded an $8.25 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue and further research and clinical initiatives geared toward treating Alzheimer's disease. Currently, only 30 designated Alzheimer's Disease Centers exist in the U.S.

Certificate signatures known as electronic signatures are increasingly becoming an accepted method of signing documents. An official certificate signature provides a name, an email address and a date/time stamp along with many other features. Setting up for official certificate signature for an adobe document is easy. The document below provides in-depth instructions using the COM Procurement Form as an example.

Join UK’s Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) for an informational overview of the Final NIH Policy on the Use of a Single Institutional Review Board for Multi-Site Research on August 25, 2016 from 1 PM to 2 PM in Pavilion A, Albert B. Chandler Hospital.  Please RSVP to Jen Hill at jen.hill@uky.edu or 859-257-2978. 

On the first of May, 2015, Angelique Bell waited in a hair salon, reading the weekend section of the newspaper. She noticed an ad for a health research study that needed participants who had risk factors for diabetes. Since she met the criteria and had some time to pass, she decided to call about the study right then, from the salon chair. It was her 45th birthday.

"I don't have diabetes, but I have a strong family history of diabetes and some of the risk factors, and I thought that the information from this study could be something that could benefit me in the future," said Bell.

Attention Investigators

College of Medicine, Office of Vice President for Research,

NIH announced on August 1 that they are lengthening the window of time during which peer reviewers can submit their applications under the NIH Continuous Submission Policy.  Reviewers must have served six times in 18 months to be eligible.  Eligibility now begins on August 1 following the 18 months of service and continues through September 30 of the next year.

Read the full announcement here.

University of Kentucky College of Medicine Professor Matthew Gentry will direct a team international scientists recently awarded a five-year, $8.5 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to pursue a cure for Lafora’s disease. The International Epilepsy Cure Center based at the UK College of Medicine’s Department of Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry represents a collaborative effort to advance translational research and improve the diagnosis and treatment of Lafora’s disease, with the ultimate goal of finding a cure.

The MOU for departing investigators has been changed slightly per a request from UKs Purchasing office.  The correct form can be found on the UK website by clicking here.  Please delete any old copies you may have filed away and ensure that you are using the new form.

For questions, contact your GPS. 

Even with the assistance of detoxification and rehabilitation programs, 80 percent of people attempting recovery from opioid addiction will relapse.

The firm grip of opioid addiction on a person’s life necessitates sustainable therapeutic approaches proven effective through scientific trials and evidence.

In ivory towers all over the world, experts ponder the factors that foster career success and overall well-being in their college graduates. Gallup tried to answer the same question. In a 2014 poll of more than 30,000 graduates, the polling juggernaut tried to find connections between the college experience and long-term career and personal "wellness." In other words: did graduates feel they had achieved personal and career success?

In a commentary published in the July 22 issue of Science, Nathan Vanderford, assistant director for research at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, describes his path to landing a nontraditional faculty position at UK. Science is one of the world’s most prestigious research journals. Many new doctorate recipients are unaware of their nontraditional career options and of the challenges they may face when pursuing them. Vanderford, who applied for dozens of non-research jobs after earning his doctorate, knows this all too well.

For PIs who include human subjects on their clinical trial sponsored research projects, the SRAS Grants Proposal Specialist (GPS) will now ask you or your staff members for a “Study Personnel Sheet” (also called an “F5”) during electronic Internal Approval Form (eIAF) preparation.  This is the sheet that the PI submits to UK’s Office of Research Integrity (ORI) as part of his or her IRB submission.  This step will ensure that all investigators are included on the eIAF and have completed a COI disclosure.  Any sub-investigator or other person who qualifie

In February, UK Libraries announced on UK News that Ezproxy service would be required for both on-campus and off-campus access to most UK Libraries licensed resources.  Current UK faculty, students, and staff access to a licensed resource will need to be made initially through a UK Libraries service: 1) the UK Libraries web site

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center's Dr.

The first time Dr. Matthew Bush observed a cochlear implant surgery, he was a young medical student from West Virginia visiting the University of Kentucky. He describes that experience as eye opening for him and ear opening for the patient. To witness function restored to an ear that was otherwise lost, sparked not only an intense interest in hearing health care, but also the desire to offer people with profound hearing loss their best hope of re-entering a hearing world and a better quality of life through cochlear implantation.

Please join Gina Vessels, SRAS Post Award Manager, for one of our informational sessions on the monthly financial reports distributed by Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) for grant accounts. There will be a general review of the report structure and discussion of the information within the report, and there will be ample time for questions and discussion after the presentation. Please feel free to bring your own personal reports for individual review and questions after the session. Sessions last approximately an hour.

July 14, 2016  1:30 pm BBSRB 202A 

UK HealthCare's Gill Heart Institute and The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati have partnered to test a new treatment for adults with congenital heart disease. The COMPASSION Trial will test the efficacy of the Sapien 3 valve as a replacement for a diseased pulmonary valve. The Sapien 3 has already been approved for replacement of the aortic valve. “This study offers a revolutionary new treatment for patients with adult congenital heart disease who would otherwise be facing at least a second surgical procedure,” said Dr.

In December 1968, a widowed mother from Knoxville, Tennessee, arrived with her two sons, daughter and nephew at the University of Kentucky's pediatric clinic.

The four children were afflicted with severe intellectual impairment, presenting at the clinic with IQs of 10 or lower. The children showed normal development at birth, but during the first year of life experienced neurological deficiencies that rendered them unable to speak or walk. In the second and third years of life, the children were stricken with intense epileptic seizures.