The inaugural Public Health Showcase will be held in person on Monday, April 10, 2023, at the University of Kentucky Gatton Student Center

(Harris Ballroom), from 11:30AM to 3:30PM.

CPH Showcase Agenda

• 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Registration and Poster Session Opens
• 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Welcome/Opening Remarks
• 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch and Showcase Presentation of a Public Health project with Dr. April Young (Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at the UK College of Public Health). Session will feature a roundtable discussion with community stakeholders engaged in guiding substance use research in Eastern Kentucky. The conversation will focus on elevating the voices of people who are often under-represented, with the goal of identifying ways that research can better heed the harm reduction mantra, “nothing about us without us.” 
• 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM – Break
• 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM – Poster Session Viewing/Judging and Networking
• 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM – Break
• 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM – Closing Remarks and Poster Award Ceremony

Offered in Collaboration with the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science and the UK College of Public Health 

How Can Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) Tools Take Your Research to the Next Level?

Presented by:

Tina Studts, PhD, MSPH, LCSW

University of Colorado 

Borsika Rabin, PhD, PharmD, MPH

University of California San Diego

Tuesday, April 25, 2023 | 9am - 4pm

Location: UK Gatton Student Center Senate Chamber Room

Reception to Follow at the Rooftop Terrace South (4-5:30pm)

(Rain Location: Room 330AB)

Deadline to register is April 20, 2023.

 Redefining Your Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) Aims

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 | 9am - 12pm

Location: UK Healthy Kentucky Research Building, Room 110

Note: Space is limited to 8 participants; brief application, including draft specific aims required by April 11, 2023 

TODAY! Tuesday, April 4, 20223, 2-3PM Via Zoom

For this training, you should: Be able to build a longitudinal research project in REDCap. 

Objectives: 

• Understand calculations
• Learn about importing data
• Explore new dashboard features

The deadline to complete Responsible Conduct of Research In-Person Training/Discussion is May 31, 2023. To find available session dates, visit the RCR Events page. Sessions are added as they become available.

The Disparities Researchers Equalizing Access for Minorities (DREAM) Scholars Program, a collaboration between the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS), College of Nursing, and the Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET), has funding to support the career development of exceptional Predocs, Post-docs and Assistant Professors who are committed to health equity research with an emphasis on under-represented minority (URM). Five Scholars will be selected from a competitive application process. 

The DREAM Scholars Program will provide access to a solid foundation in career development and core human subject’s research, with an emphasis on health equity research methods (e.g. community-based participatory research, dissemination and implementation). The duration of the program is two years (August 15, 2023 – May 30, 2025). DREAM Scholars will be required to participate in twice monthly 1.5-hour meetings that will be comprised of research/career development seminars and opportunities to present chalk talks and works in progress. Scholars are required to attend an annual two-day writing retreat. Scholars will be expected to produce scholarly products, such as abstracts, manuscripts and grant submissions. 

Support Provided: The DREAM Scholars Program doesn’t provide salary support; however, each appointment year Scholars will receive up to $2,500 in pilot funding and $1,500 of travel funds to attend or present at a national research or career development conference. Progress in the program will be reviewed annually. Contingent upon satisfactory progress in the program and available funding, Scholars will be supported for two years. 

Deadline: Monday, May 8, 2023, by 11:59 p.m

Description: The Sustainability Challenge Grant (SCG) program is requesting research, scholarship, and creative proposals for the 2023-2024 funding cycle. The Sustainability Challenge Grant Program was developed as a collaborative effort of the President’s Sustainability Advisory Committee, The Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment, and the Office of Sustainability. Funding for the program is provided by the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, the Vice President for Research, the Office of the Provost, and the Student Sustainability Council.

Sustainability, in this context, implies that the activities of the University of Kentucky are ecologically sound, socially just, and economically viable, and that they will continue to be so for future generations. A sustainability focus encourages the integration of these principles in curricula, research, and outreach. This principled approach to operational practices and intellectual pursuits prepares students and empowers the campus community to support sustainable development in the Commonwealth and beyond.

The following information and instructions apply to the application process for the Sustainability Challenge Grant program. The project implementation period for this call is July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. Extensions may be requested.

Eligibility: All members of the University community are encouraged to develop project ideas. Project teams must be led by a faculty or staff member whose home unit/department agrees to manage the dispersal of funds. University cost centers will be provided to funded projects. Student involvement is strongly encouraged. Teams must include representatives from at least two distinct organizational units. Proposals not meeting the specifications of this RFP will not be considered for funding and will be returned without review.

Funding: All awards are subject to the availability of funds, quality of the proposals submitted, and other applicable considerations. For 2023-2024, a total of $200,000 is expected with a maximum award of $50,000 per project. In previous years, the SCG program has awarded six-eight projects.

Closing Date: May 11, 2023

Description: This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks research applications for effectiveness and implementation science on the post-acute (long-term or chronic) management of mental health conditions. This NOFO aims to advance the development of novel and innovative implementation research to improve the availability and accessibility of post-acute services in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). All research applications must propose a cost analysis of the intervention that is studied.

Announcement Number: RFA-MH-23-140

Closing Date: June 21, 2023

Purpose: The V Foundation for Cancer Research invites applications for the V Scholar Award, which supports young tenure-track faculty early in their cancer research career by funding projects that are either laboratory-based fundamental research or translational research.

Special Focus Area: This RFA is specifically for adult cancer research that is focused on laboratory research. This year, the foundation has special interest and funding for therapeutic resistance and welcomes research projects in this area. The foundation strongly encourages applications from underrepresented minorities in cancer research including Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos (non-European), American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders who may be eligible for funding through the Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund.

Eligibility: The nominee, whose nomination will be submitted by the Markey Cancer Center Director, must be either a US Citizen or a permanent legal resident in the United States; possess at least 2 years’ post-doctoral (MD or PhD) fellowship training (for MDs, a minimum of one year is acceptable if only one year is required for their specialty); and have been appointed to their first full-time tenure track Assistant Professor position no more than 5 years prior to April 27, 2023, and not yet promoted to Associate Professor.

In addition, nominees must NOT have been awarded or received notification of an R01 award or of any peer-reviewed, non-mentored single grant that totals or exceeds $750,000 in total direct funding.

Funding Amount/Project Period: $600,000 direct cost over 3 years

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via this portal and email a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by April 4, 2023:

• Applicant name, department, academic rank
• Title of grant opportunity
• Brief project description (2 pages maximum)
• Biographical sketch

For questions, email Nathan Vanderford at nathan.vanderford@uky.edu, or call 323-2622.

Foundation deadlines: nomination – April 27, 2023; full application – June 1, 2023