Lunch & Learn

The Office of the Vice President for Research is hosting a series of lunch and learn workshops. Check out slides and videos from past Lunch and Learns at the bottom of this page.

All presentations will be live on zoom on Wednesdays: https://uky.zoom.us/j/87433212500 
Phone: 646-876-9923 Meeting ID: 874 3321 2500

Fall 2024 Lunch & Learn Series

The Fall 2024 Lunch & Learn Series has concluded. Please check back later this summer for the Fall 2024 schedule, or view the archive of presentations below.

• August 21, 2024

  • Presenter: Lisa Cassis (Vice President for Research)

  • Title: The State of UK’s Research: Resources, Infrastructure and Future Plans

• September 4, 2024

  • Presenters: Katherine Thompson (Director, Predictive Analytics and Data Science (PADS) Hub), Emily Slade (Director, Biostatistics Consulting and Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration Lab, Biostat CIRCL), Philip Westgate (Acting Chair, Department of Biostatistics) and Heidi Weiss (Professor and Director, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource Facility, and Markey Cancer Center)

  • Title: Biostatistical Resources at UK

• September 18, 2024

  • Presenters: Robert DiPaola (Provost), Lisa Cassis (Vice President for Research) and Katherine Hartmann (Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science)

  • Title: Excel Research Initiatives: A Partnership Between Research and Clinical Practice

• October 2, 2024

  • Presenters: James Griffioen (Director, UK Center for Computational Sciences) and Cody Bumgardner (Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)

  • Title: Using AI to Enhance Research

• October 16, 2024

  • Presenters: Linda Dwoskin (Senior Associate Vice President for Research) and Kathy Grzech (Executive Director, Proposal Development Office)

  • Title: Introducing the Research Leadership Academy’s New Emergent Research Themes

• November 6, 2024

  • Presenters: Sharon Walsh (Director, Center on Drug and Alcohol Research HEALing Communities Study Investigators)

  • Title: The Healing Communities Study: Outcomes and Lessons Learned

• November 20, 2024

  • Presenters: Eric King (Assistant Vice President for Federal Relations) and Alicia Gregory (Director, Research Communications)

  • Title: Telling Your Story: How to Advocate for and Communicate About Your Research

• December 4, 2024

  • Presenter: Katherine Hartmann (Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science)

  • Title: Resources and Opportunities at the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS)

Previous Lunch & Learns:

Previous presentation slides are also available to UK faculty, staff and students on our SharePoint site (linkblue login required) and videos are available on Microsoft Sharepoint (linkblue login required).