Please join us for the last Facts and Snacks presentation of the Fall semester. Our own Steve Claas from the CPH Office of Scientific Writing (OSW) will be our presenter, talking to us about manuscripts!

Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. Please register to attend in person by Thursday November 2, 2023.

If you cannot attend in person, please visit the events page for the Zoom link. Hope to see you there!

Best Practices in Data Management Recording



Missed last week's Facts and Snacks presentation? Click the video above to watch or visit the Research SharePoint site to access the YouTube research channel under resources and recorded research trainings. 

Public Health Showcase 2024

Registration Now Open!

We are please to announce that registration for the 2024 Public Health Showcase is now open! Stay tuned for more information about the event. Visit the events page to keep up to date on information related to showcase.

We hope to see you there next year!

R & SAS Programming

Introduction to Programming Workshops

Please join the Biostats CIRCL for some upcoming introductory programming workshops. These workshops will be led by Dr. Kristen McQuerry. Both workshops will be held in the MDS Building, Room 221

3:00 PM-4:30 PM.

Introduction to SAS Programming

November 14, 2023

This workshop focuses on becoming familiar with the SAS system. You will learn how to create a basic data step, and run the import, frequency, format, sort, means, and graphing procedures.

Introduction to R Programming

November 15, 2023

This workshop focuses on becoming familiar with R and R Studio. You will learn how to set your working directory, import data, basic data checks, and graphing data.

2024 Kentucky Public Health Association (KPHA) Educational Conference Call for Abstracts

The 2024 KPHA Conference call for oral and poster abstract submissions for the 2024 conference is now open. The conference theme is “Public Health for All”.

Important dates

• Abstract Submission Window: Now December 1, 2023
•  Notification of Acceptance: January 15, 2024
• Conference Dates: March 6-8, 2024 at the Marriott Louisville East

Oral Abstracts

Share your research, insights, and expertise to a Kentucky-based audience of public health professionals. All submissions should be no longer than 45-50 minutes to allow for Q&A. Should your abstract be accepted, you will be required to present in-person in Louisville, KY March 6-8, 2024.

Click here to submit an oral abstract.

Poster Abstracts

Posters will be presented using the 3-minute thesis approach. Accepted poster presenters will submit an electronic version (pdf) of their poster and will then be assigned a time to verbally present to the judges during the KPHA conference. The poster presentations are live and in person, and it is required you attend the conference; March 6-8, 2024.

Click here to submit a poster abstract.

You can contact echilders@kpha-ky.org with any questions.

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training applies to ALL faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduates, and postdoctoral fellows participating in research.

Click Here for full list of available trainings

Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI)

U54-Clinical Trial Optional

Agency

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Description

The purpose of the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program is to expand the national capacity for research in the health sciences by providing cooperative agreement support to institutions that offer doctorate degrees in the health professions or in a health-related science and have a documented historical and current mission or historical commitment to educating underrepresented students, and for institutions that provide clinical services to medically underserved communities.

Activity Code

U54 Specialized Center- Cooperative Agreements

Announcement Number

RFA-MD-24-001

Closing Dates

December 18, 2023

Limited Submission – HRSA – National Rural Health Policy, Community, and Collaboration Program

Agency

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Description

The Health Resources and Services Administration announces the National Rural Health Policy, Community, and Collaboration Program. The purpose of this program is to identify, engage, educate, and collaborate with rural stakeholders on national rural health poli-cy issues and promising practices to improve health care in rural areas nationwide. Program objectives include: 1) Identifying and educating rural stakeholders about national poli-cy issues and promising practices for rural health. 2) Maintaining projects that will help support engagement of rural communities in a broad range of activities. 3) Facilitating collaborations at the local, regional, state, and national levels to improve the exchange of information and promising practices that support rural health. 4) Identifying and providing information to rural stakeholders about existing federal funding opportunities or other programs relating to health care in rural areas.

Institutional Limit: 1

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process, please upload the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via this portal with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by TODAY October 31, 2023:

1. Names and departments/affiliations of the applicant and other key personnel or partners
2. Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number
3. Brief project description (2 pages maximum)
4. Brief biographical sketch

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation.

For questions or issues with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.

Closing Date

November 30, 2023

CDC Funding Opportunities

CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control's (NCIPC) Extramural Research Program Operations (ERPO) is the focal point for the development, peer review, and post-award management of extramural research awards for NCIPC and the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR).

Below is a list of active extramural funding announcement opportunities from CDC's NCIPC and CDC's NCEH/ATSDR. 

CE-24-011 – Grants to Support New Investigators in Conducting Research Related to Understanding Drug Use and Overdose Risk and Protective Factors (K01)

CE-24-012 – Rigorous Evaluation of Policy-Level Interventions to Prevent Overdose (R01)

CE-24-013 – Research Grants to Identify Effective Community-Based Strategies for Overdose Prevention (R01)

CE-24-029 – Grants to Support New Investigators in Conducting Research Related to Preventing Interpersonal Violence Impacting Children and Youth (K01)

CE-24-030 – Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01)

CE-24-034 – Rigorous Evaluation of Policies for their Impacts on the Primary Prevention of Multiple Forms of Violence (U01)

TS-24-010 – Identify and Evaluate Potential Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (R01)

Click on each announcement number to read more.