Flanked by Gov. Steve Beshear and legislative leaders, University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto Friday announced the beginning of work on a research facility unique in the country — a building dedicated to addressing health challenges and disparities in Kentucky.
The University of Kentucky Office of the Vice President for Research will hold an orientation for new faculty Tuesday, November 3, 3:30 – 5:00 pm. This will include an opportunity to hear about the vision for Research at the University of Kentucky from the Vice President for Research, Lisa Cassis; learn about the Research Support Units that are available to support their research activities; have an opportunity to speak directly with the people in eac
Dr. Shinichi Fukuda, postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati at the University of Kentucky's Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has received two prestigious awards to advance his research of dry macular degeneration.
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The "Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad of Japan Society for the Promotion Science," presented by the Japan Society for the Promotion Science, is a two-year award given to foster highly capable researchers with wide international perspectives.
At the Sr. ADR’s request, and with Dean de Beer’s approval, a decision was made in summer 2015 to engage the services of an outside consultant to guide the process of establishing an enterprise-level centralized support structure within the existing Sponsored Research Administrative Services (SRAS) office for administrative, financial, and regulatory activities related to clinical research activity – industry, government, and internally sponsored.
Certain fiscal responsibilities are entrusted to all employees of the University.
PIs agree to ensure acceptance of fiscal management responsibility of grants, via the certification statement on eIAFs that route prior to grant proposal submissions.
PIs may formally delegate purchasing authority for their grants to others, provided a formal delegation is on file (Required per University’s Administrative Regulation 8-3.)
The NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) on Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases, in collaboration with the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS) announce the availability of limited funds to support pilot projects focused on research examining obesity-associated diseases (cardiovascular, diabetes, others). These pilot grants are intended to assist investigators new to this area of research to generate sufficient data to be competitive for extramural funding. Junior faculty members are especially encouraged to apply.
91С»Æ³µ Professor Rebecca Dutch has been named President-Elect for the American Society for Virology (ASV).
The American Society of Virology, comprised of over 3,000 members from around the globe, was founded in 1981 to provide a forum for discussion and collaboration for investigators of human, animal, insect, plant, fungal and bacterial viruses. ASV sponsors a large annual meeting, promotes communication about virology research to the broader community, and represents virologists on national and international scientific councils.
University of Kentucky medical student and doctoral candidate Scott Thalman, who is developing novel imaging techniques for identifying early risk factors for sudden cardiac death, received the Halcomb Fellowship for researchers in medicine and engineering.
The fellowship supports a graduate student in the University of Kentucky Colleges of Engineering and Medicine who is involved in interdisciplinary research in the field of biomedical engineering.
Now a biomedical engineering student, Thalman studied solid-state physics at Brigham Young University before entering the joint medical degree
UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) is hosting its fifth annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia on Nov. 20-21. This two day program will offer sessions for both scientific and community audiences. Clinicians and researchers from the University of Kentucky and other institutions will come together to share current findings, trends and the latest updates on dementia and aging disorders, particularly as related to Alzheimer’s disease.
The Markesbery Symposium is in honor of the late Dr. William R.
Joint efforts are underway by NIH and leading journals to enhance reproducibility in scientific research through increased rigor and transparency in study design, conduct and data reporting.
Please join us to learn more about current expectations and opportunities to address these requirements for grant funding and publishing research.
Presented by: Office of the Vice President for Research Good Research Practice Resource Center
If you are applying for an NIH grant this fall, such as an R01, and will be using the new online ASSIST proposal submission system, now is a great time to update your eRA Commons profile. Your profile information will auto-populate in your ASSIST proposal package. To update your eRA Commons profile, please log-in to Commons at: https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons.
The University’s new international travel medical insurance and evacuation policy, which you likely heard about in a message from the Provost last spring, h
D. Allan Butterfield, professor in the University of Kentucky Department of Chemistry and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA), has been awarded a $413,000, two-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study a new model of Parkinson's disease (PD).
PD is the second most common age-related neurodegenerative disease in the United States and is manifested by movement abnormalities, postural instability, loss of smell (anosmia), deposition of the protein, alpha-synuclein, and in late stages, cognitive dysfunction.
A University of Kentucky doctoral student in the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) served as a major contributor to a scientific reference book about emerging concepts in stem cell developmental biology, research, therapy, politics and ethics.
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The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) awarded Haining Zhu, a professor in the University of Kentucky Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, a three-year, $300,000 grant to study the underlying mechanisms of ALS.
In an effort to accelerate treatments and cures for neuromuscular diseases, the MDA distributed $10 million in grants this summer to scientists conducting significant research on muscular dystrophy, ALS and other muscle-debilitating diseases. Zhu’s research seeks to understand the mutations of the Fused in Sarcoma (FUS) gene, which is a known cause of ALS.
The American Heart Association’s Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB) will award Nancy Webb, a professor of pharmacology and nutritional sciences at the University of Kentucky, with its 2015 AHA Special Recognition Award in Arteriosclerosis.
The ATVB council supports basic, translational and clinical research concerned with diseases of the blood vessels. The council annually bestows the Special Recognition Award to a member who has contributed significantly to the scientific council over time and enhanced this field of the profession.
