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College of Nursing Faculty Receive $1.7 Million to Improve Health in Rural Kentucky

May 25, 2018, 9:01 AM

UK College of Nursing professors Sharon Lock and Dianna Inman received a $1.7 million grant to recruit and train nurses to practice in underserved areas of rural Kentucky.

UK-led Study Finds Patients Want Accountability, Continuity and Caring Attitudes in Hospital Care Transitions

May 14, 2018, 11:39 AM

This article provides results from focus groups and interviews conducted with 138 patients and 110 family caregivers from California, Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, New England, and Pennsylvania.

UK Receives $4.9 Million to Expand Program for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Kentucky

May 8, 2018, 10:26 AM

With a $4.9 million contract from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), the University of Kentucky will expand and improve treatment for pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural areas of Kentucky through the PATHways program.

UK CAER Grant Seeks to Improve Industrial Water Treatment Technology

Feb 19, 2018, 8:31 AM

The $740,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory will help advance the UK Center for Applied Energy Research's impressive portfolio of water treatment research.

UK Biology Research May Lead to Treatment for Blinding Disorders, Including Glaucoma

Feb 15, 2018, 8:41 AM

Jakub Famulski, UK College of Arts and Sciences, has received an R01 grant for over $1.8 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the early formation of the anterior segment of the eye, which includes the cornea, iris, ciliary muscle, drainage canals and pupil.

UK Professor Receives NIH Grant for Neonatal Intensive Care Device

Feb 15, 2018, 8:39 AM

Professor Guoqiang Yu, and collaborators Dr. Elie G Abu Jawdeh and Dr. Henrietta S Bada, have been awarded a two-year grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health.

CCTS Accepting Applications for Pilot Grant Program

Feb 15, 2018, 8:37 AM

Pilot funding from the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science is available in multiple collaborative and disease-focused categories. Letters of intent are due Feb. 22 for most categories.

CCTS is Accepting Applications for Community Mini-Grant Awards

Jan 31, 2018, 8:49 AM

Grants will provide $2,500 to community partners to develop, implement and evaluate small-scale, evidenced-based health outreach projects focused on reducing health disparities in Appalachian communities in Kentucky. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16.

$2.7 Million Grant Gives Teachers Tools to Support English Learners in the Classroom

Jan 30, 2018, 8:23 AM

The grant, awarded to the UK College of Education, will assist 125 teachers in three Kentucky counties with educating children who are learning English in the classroom.

UK College of Medicine Receives Prestigious Grant to Investigate Vascular Disease

Jan 26, 2018, 9:41 AM

The American Heart Association has awarded a University of Kentucky and Baylor University research partnership $3.7 million to study aortic disease.

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