Children who suffer from obesity carry a burden of premature death into adulthood. Obese children have more than double the risk of mortality in their 30s and 40s compared to children who begin life with a healthy body mass index (BMI).
In addition to being more likely to remain obese as adults, obese children are at a higher risk of developing a number of health conditions, including stroke, diabetes, depression, cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer.
Charles Wright, postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, has received The Loris and David Rich Postdoctoral Scholar Award from the International Retina Research Foundation (IRRF).
The Loris and David Rich Postdoctoral Scholar Award is one of three IRRF Scholar Awards that have been designated in honor of individuals who played a critical role in the development of the International Retinal Research Foundation and are meant to serve as a memorial to their efforts.
Environmental Health and Safety division is providing laboratory safety training for all high school students that will be coming to campus to do research. The training will take place on Tuesday, June 17th, from 1 to 4 in 323 of the CRMS (Robotics Building – Building # 108 on the campus map).
Covered Topics will be:
Laboratory Safety Training/Chemical Hygiene Plan Hazardous Waste Management Fire Extinguisher Training Biohazard Safety Training
A multidisciplinary team of doctors, researchers, and informaticists the University of Kentucky is working to improve identification of lung cancer patients who are eligible to participate in clinical trials for novel treatments.
Clinical trials are critical for advancing research into new and better treatments for patients, and the need for improved treatment of lung cancer is dire: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Its burden is especially significant in the Commonwealth, where rates of lung cancer incidence and mortality are the highest in the country.
The future looks bright for cancer research in Kentucky – on May 22, the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center held its annual Markey Cancer Center Research Day, highlighting the work of UK students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty from the past year.
As the cancer center has grown, Markey’s research programs have become even more robust, helping propel the center into becoming the state’s first and only National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated cancer center.
“The NCI is pretty much all about research – it’s a huge part of what they’re looking for when they award the designation,”
Over Memorial Day weekend, all eRA services will be completely shut down (this means both Commons and ASSIST). The systems will be brought down at 9 p.m. on Friday, May 23 and are expected to be restored to service by Tuesday, May 27 at 7 a.m. This downtime is to complete the upgrade of all eRA systems so they are Unicode capable.
The University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS), in conjunction with the Appalachian Translational Research Network (ATRN), has awarded funding to two projects to develop sustainable, interdisciplinary, community engaged research in Appalachia.
"Raising Awareness About Lung Cancer Screening: Kentucky Terminate Lung Cancer (TLC) Study," will partner with community-based organizations and focus groups to create an awareness campaign encouraging high risk individuals to obtain lung cancer screening.
Reo Yasuma, postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, has been named one of only four recipients worldwide to receive the annual Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology(ARVO)/Alcon Early Career Clinician-Scientist Research Award.
The ARVO/Alcon Early Career Clinician-Scientist Research Awards are presented annually in recognition of significant research by clinician-scientists engaged in basic or clinical vision research.
In October, 2014, NIH will be launching a new system and procedures for how to report Sex/Gender, Race and Ethnicity Information in annual progress reports (both RPPRs and PHS2590s), as required by the NIH Policy on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research. There will be a new module included in eRA Commons for this purpose.
The University is concerned with the safety and wellbeing of all employees, including younger workers employed during the summer months and throughout the year. As a reminder, University policy permits hiring only persons who are 18 years of age and older in regular full-time staff positions. During the summer months, some persons between the ages of 14 and 17 may be hired for temporary jobs.
The Sponsored Research Administrative Services has compiled the following information to addresss questions related to the change in NIH submission policy.
The NIH and AHRQ will not assess the similarity of the science in the new (A0) application to any previously reviewed submission when accepting an application for review. NOT-OD-14-074
Growing up in the small rural town of Paintsville, Kentucky, Hilaree Frazier always loved science. She remembers that from a young age she was interested in pursing a PhD in science, but when she finished her bachelors of science at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), she was intimidated by the prospect of going straight into a doctoral program. Even though she was interested in UK's Integrated Biomedical Sciences PhD program, she didn't apply.
"I think I just didn't have enough confidence," she said.
In Kentucky, a state with many unfortunate health statistics, rates of diabetes and obesity are increasing and are among the worst in the nation.
According to America's Health Rankings, more than 1 million adults are obese in Kentucky and the prevalence has increased from 30.4 percent to 31.3 percent in the past year, placing Kentucky 42nd nationally.
The UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) has launched a new website that is especially oriented to researchers who currently use or could benefit from CCTS resources, including research services, funding opportunities, and education and career development.
The CCTS offers a spectrum of multidisciplinary support to assist investigators across the entire cycle of clinical and translational research, from protocol development and participant recruitment to regulatory affairs and evaluation.
A team of nanotechnology researchers at the University of Kentucky has discovered new methods to build heat resistant nanostructures and arrays using RNA.
The research, led by Peixuan Guo, professor and William Farish Endowed Chair in Nanobiotechnology at the UK College of Pharmacy and Markey Cancer Center, is reported in an article titled "RNA as a Boiling-Resistant Anionic Polymer Material To Build Robust Structures with Defined Shape and Stoichiometry," coauthored by Emil F. Khisamutdinov and Daniel L.
The University of Kentucky Aortic Program is proud to present the 2014 University of Kentucky Aortic Symposium on Thursday, September 4, - Saturday, September 6 in Lexington, KY. This event will provide a forum for the integration of basic science and clinical care discussions. It will feature talks on aortic aneurysmal diseases from leading experts, as well as abstracts in the form of oral and poster sessions. The Symposium will also include forums for networking that will particularly focus on early career investigations.
