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Office of the President
January 27, 2004

1. UK Breaks Ground for Center for Pharmaceutical Science and Technology at Coldstream

   Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher joined University of Kentucky officials at Coldstream Research Campus at groundbreaking ceremonies for a $12 million, 20,000-square-foot facility to house the UK College of Pharmacy’s Center for Pharmaceutical Science and Technology. When completed in the spring of 2005, the center will be the largest sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in the state. College of Pharmacy researchers will continue to develop and produce non-sterile pharmaceutical products such as drug tablets and capsules at the existing 5,000-square-foot facility in the UK College of Pharmacy Building. Researchers at the new Coldstream facility will develop and manufacture sterile pharmaceutical products that will be used in human clinical research studies, including vaccines, freeze-dried products, and other drugs that can be injected. Governor Fletcher described the facility as “the cornerstone of the type of enterprises we want in Kentucky.” Lexington Mayor Teresa Isaac also participated in the ceremonies.

2. UK, State Department of Corrections Launch Initiative to Improve Inmate Health

   UK has joined forces with the Kentucky Department of Corrections to launch the Kentucky Corrections Health Services Network, aimed at saving millions of dollars for health care while providing more effective care to the state’s inmate population. The project establishes a statewide health network that delivers hospital and specialty care for approximately 16,000 state inmates. UK political science professor Phillip Roeder of the College of Arts and Sciences said the new system, which began operations in October, saved 35 percent over previous costs. Since the annual health care cost for inmates of 12 Kentucky prisons and 75 jails around the state is $15 million, officials expect a substantial savings.

3. Gatton College Gets $5 Million in Pledges to Support New Facilities, Research

   UK’s Gatton College of Business and Economics received pledges totaling $5 million to support new facilities planned on Euclid Avenue, research grants, an annual speaker series, and more. BB&T Corporation and the BB&T Charitable Foundation each pledged $1.25 million for a learning laboratory on capitalism, a speaker series, an annual student paper competition, and annual fellowship and research grant awards. The funds also will assist construction of the college’s new faculty and administrative building at the Gatton College’s planned four-building mini-campus. UK graduate Carol Martin “Bill” Gatton, for whom the college is named, matched the BB&T gifts by pledging $2.5 million. Gatton is also a member of the BB&T board of directors.

4. Public Forums Seek Input to Review and Revise Mission of UK Appalachian Center

   UK conducted public forums in Hazard and Pikeville earlier this month to obtain ideas and opinions regarding the mission of the UK Appalachian Center. The forums were guided by Joe Fink, vice president for research and economic development, who also is serving as acting director of the Appalachian Center while a new mission statement is being drafted. A new director will be chosen based on the revised mission statement. In addition to participating in the forums, members of the public can offer input on the center’s Web site at www.uky.edu/RGS/AppalCenter/.

5. UK Online Employment System Celebrates First Anniversary

   UK’s Online Employment System (OES) celebrated its first anniversary in November and scores high on customer satisfaction surveys. None of the responses dropped below 4.0 on the rating scale in which 5.0 was the top rating. Human Resources officials report a much faster process of screening and evaluating job applicants, as well as substantial savings created by reduced need for position advertisements. In its first year, 2,440 positions were posted on the OES, with 1,650 being filled, 328 being canceled, and 462 in process. The system referred 34,438 candidates to hiring officials. More than 18,000 regular employment applications were created by people interested in jobs at the university.

6. UK Department Offers Holiday Cheer to Soldiers in Iraq

   The staff of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Kentucky Clinic provided a brighter holiday for more than 30 soldiers in the U.S. Army’s 16 Signal Battalion. The members of Charley Company received 15 boxes filled with items not necessarily issued by the military, such as baby wipes; small personal care items; flea powder and collars; condiment packets of salt, pepper, ketchup and mustard; beef jerky; and reading materials and small crafts to help pass the time. Office staff raised funds by donating $5 a month to wear blue jeans on Fridays. Physicians matched the staff’s donations, raising $325 to purchase the gift items and pay for shipping.

7. Kentucky Geological Survey Studies Ways to Mitigate Climate Change

   Geologists at the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) are studying how greenhouse gases from burning coal and other fossil fuels can be captured and stored in reservoirs beneath the earth’s surface as a strategy to mitigate climate change. KGS is a partner in the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership, which has won a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, Ohio Coal Development Office, and other participants for the two-year project. The project will focus on “carbon sequestration,” a process that would capture emissions from coal-burning power plants and large industrial facilities and store them in reservoirs beneath the earth’s surface, rather than releasing the emissions into the atmosphere.

8. College of Social Work to Help Incarcerated Fathers Bond With Their Children

   A three-year, $600,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will support the UK College of Social Work’s participation in a program to help incarcerated fathers bond with their children. The Fathers and Children Together Program aims at reducing the potential of child abuse and neglect by promoting fathers’ involvement in their children’s lives. It attempts to create positive father/child experiences and opportunities for learning inside prison. The program is jointly sponsored by Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky and Blackburn Correctional Complex, located near Lexington. Mary Secret, associate professor in the College of Social Work, will serve as principal investigator examining the costs and benefits of the Lexington-based program, which began in 1992.

9. UK Travel Management Services Negotiates New Airline Discounts, Streamlines Services

   UK Travel Management Services has made changes in its operations by trimming the required paperwork, offering new airline discounts, and expanding use of the University Procurement Card for business-related travel. The office has negotiated discounts with Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, and American Trans Air, with these fares available only through UK’s designated travel vendors. The office also has eliminated a “request for travel authorization” form previously required for business travel.

10. President Todd Continues Push for Increased Support for Robinson Scholars Program

    UK President Lee T. Todd Jr. talked with dozens of Eastern Kentucky residents about the importance of the Robinson Scholars Program during a mid-January trip to Jenny Wiley State Resort Park near Prestonsburg. Todd spoke with school officials, local government officials, and private citizens about the program, which has helped more than 200 Eastern Kentucky students with college expenses since its inception in 1997. In November, Todd visited residents of Hazard, London and Benham in southeastern Kentucky to encourage greater private financial support for the Robinson Scholars Program.

11. Former Congressman Ronald Dellums Speaks at Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

    Ronald V. Dellums, who served nearly three decades in the U.S. House of Representatives, was the featured speaker at the 2004 Martin Luther King Jr. Day program in downtown Lexington. Dellums, who represented a district in Oakland, Calif., had a distinguished career as an advocate of peace and disarmament. Since retiring from Congress, he has focused on health issues such as AIDS and is president of the international health care consulting firm Dellums, Bauer and Halterman. The King Day celebration, which marks the birthday of the famed civil rights leader, is co-sponsored by UK and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government.

12. UK Officials Join Governor Fletcher’s Team in Frankfort

    James W. Holsinger, former UK senior vice president and chancellor of the Chandler Medical Center, and Tony Goetz, UK director of government relations, have joined Governor Fletcher’s administration in Frankfort. Holsinger was appointed secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Goetz was named the governor’s legislative liaison to the state Senate.

13. Tracy Farmer Center’s Team Works on Project to Protect Firefighters

    Researchers at the Tracy Farmer Center for the Environment are working on a project to protect firefighters from unseen dangers of possibly contaminated fire suits. The researchers are developing a test for hazardous, work-related chemical residue that may cause cancer and respiratory problems. Chemistry professor David Atwood became interested in the project after a student, Jerrod Dempsey, reported an excessively high morbidity rate for retired firefighters from heart and respiratory diseases. Their research has shown that three barriers in firefighters’ “turnout coats” are often contaminated with a wide range of problematic chemicals. The team hopes to develop ways to clean the suits.

14. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center Urges “Keep Kids Safe” in 2004

    The Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center at UK developed a set of New Year’s resolutions aimed at preventing injuries, the top cause of death for children aged 17 and younger. Among the recommendations for parents are making sure children properly use age-appropriate car safety seats; child-proofing cabinets containing medications, vitamins, cosmetics and household cleaners; constantly monitoring children in bathtubs; and testing smoke alarm batteries regularly. The full set of recommendations is available online at www.uky.edu/PR/News/04-01_safe_children.htm.

15. Schardl Leads Off Spring Semester’s Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series

    Christopher L. Schardl, the Harry E. Wheeler Chair in Plant Mycology, will deliver the initial 2004 spring semester’s Distinguished Scholars Lecture at 4 p.m. today (January 27) in the William T. Young Library auditorium. Schardl will discuss fungi found in tall fescue, a common grass that grows in Kentucky lawns and pastures, and genetically altering tall fescue seeds. The Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series spotlights the research of UK’s outstanding professors of the Research Challenge Trust Fund, or “Bucks for Brains” program. The other scheduled speakers are Sabire Ozcan, assistant professor of biochemistry, on February 10; Mark T. Filmore, associate professor of psychology, on March 2; Mary J. Davis, the Stites and Harbison Professorship of Law, on March 30; and Joe Peek, Gatton Endowed Chair in International Banking and Finance, on April 20. All the lectures will be presented in the library auditorium.

16. UK Hospital’s Liver Transplant Program Passes 200th Procedure Milestone

    UK Hospital recently performed its 200th liver transplant. UK’s liver transplant program is recognized nationally by the United Network of Organ Sharing and the University Hospital Consortium for maintaining excellent outcomes. The program has survival rates in excess of 85 percent, matching or exceeding national standards.

17. Development, WUKY Win Awards in CASE/Kentucky Competition

    The UK Office of Development won four awards at the annual meeting of the Kentucky chapter of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE/Kentucky) in December. In the category for printed publications, Development won Awards of Excellence for the 2002 Fellows Society Dinner Invitation, Fellows Program and New Fellows Listing, and Estate and Gift Planning Folder and Inserts. In the specific projects/events category, Development won an Award of Excellence for the “Tri for Sight” fundraiser. WUKY, the University’s public radio station, won five awards at the annual meeting. In the category of specific projects/events, the station won an Award of Excellence for the annual fund-raiser “Heard It Through the Grapevine,” and Awards of Merit for another annual fund-raising event “Blues, Brews & Barbecue” and the station’s on-air fund-raiser “Spring 2003 Fund Drive.” In the printed publications category, WUKY won an Award of Merit for the “WUKY Spring Program Guide.” In the category of audiovisual communications, “Hoofbeats Through History,” a multi-part series produced by the WUKY news department in conjunction with “The Blood-Horse” magazine, won a Grand Award.

18. UK Hospital, Fayette SAFE KIDS Dedicate Van to Promote Child Safety Seats

    Fayette County SAFE KIDS Coalition, led by UK Children’s Hospital, recently dedicated a 2004 Chevy Express Cargo Van to assist with child safety seat checkups. The van was donated by SAFE KIDS BUCKLE UP Program sponsors, including the National SAFE KIDS Campaign, United Auto Workers-General Motors Center for Human Resources, and General Motors. The van is equipped with tools necessary for technicians to do child safety seat checkups.20.

19. College of Agriculture’s On-farm Demonstration Project Wins $2.1 Million Grant

    Dewayne Ingram, professor of horticulture in the College of Agriculture, received a $2.1 million grant from the Kentucky Horticulture Council to continue and expand on-farm demonstrations and consulting services by Cooperative Extension Service associates. The grant, funded through Kentucky’s Agricultural Development Board, also continues statewide multi-departmental variety trial and production systems research for fruit and vegetable, greenhouse and nursery/landscape enterprises.

20. UK’s Salvation Army Free Clinic Wins State Accolade as ‘Model That Works’

    The UK College of Medicine’s Free Clinic at the Salvation Army in Lexington has been chosen as a “Model That Works” by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. John Bennett, Geriatric Medicine and director of the clinic, noted the clinic is operated by students and faculty who volunteer their time to meet the health needs of low-income and homeless persons. The “Models That Work” competition recognizes health care facilities making strides toward delivering health care to persons whose needs otherwise would be unmet.

21. Physician Assistant Students Receive White Coats to Begin Clinical Education

    Fifty-three students in the UK College of Health Sciences physician assistant studies program received their white coats in a mid-January ceremony marking their entry into the program’s newest class. The students are embarking on their clinical experience. As part of the annual convocation, the students took their physician assistant oath.

22. UK School of Music Faculty Perform in China

    Four faculty members from the UK School of Music performed a great work a great distance from home in early January. Conductor and China native Julian Shew, violinist Daniel Mason, pianist Irina Voro, and cellist Benjamin Karp played the “Triple Concerto” of Beethoven with the Tianjin Philharmonic in Tianjin, China. The concert will be performed by the UK Symphony Orchestra on April 2, 2004, in the Concert Hall of the UK Singletary Center for the Arts. This concert will be a benefit for the scholarship fund of the School of Music.

23. Amadeus Trio to Perform in UK Singletary Center

    UK will welcome in the new year with a celebration of chamber music as the acclaimed Amadeus Trio presents the world premiere of UK alumnus David Ott's work, “Trio Piece,” at 8 p.m. today (January 27) in the Concert Hall of the UK Singletary Center for the Arts. The Amadeus Trio includes pianist Marian Hahn, violinist Timothy Baker, and cellist Jeffrey Solow. The concert is part of a weeklong residence program featuring Ott. A collaboration between the Amadeus Trio and the UK Orchestra in the School of Music in the College of Fine Arts will be held in the Singletary Center’s Concert Hall at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30. Ticket prices for the performances are $20 for the general public, $16 for UK faculty/staff and senior citizens, and $12 for students. Each night is sold separately. Tickets may be purchased at the Singletary Center Ticket Office or by calling (859) 257-4929 or online at www.uky.edu/scfa/events.htm.

24. Jarrett’s Holiday House Offers Cheer to UK Children’s Hospital at Yuletide

    The legacy of Jarrett Mynear – the young cancer patient who launched “Jarrett’s Joy Cart” at UK Children’s Hospital four years ago – continued during the 2003 holiday season with a twist. Instead of patients picking out toys for themselves, the patients were able to pick out presents for their parents, caregivers or siblings at Jarrett’s Holiday House. After a long, courageous battle with his illness, Jarrett died in October 2002, but the toy cart he envisioned continues to deliver toys to UK Children’s Hospital patients.

25. Children Hear ‘Winter Tales’ at Arboretum

    Dozens of children participated in a storytelling adventure early this month at the UK/Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Arboretum. The stories included tales of insects, animals and nature in the Dorotha Smith Oatts Visitor Center.

26. Student Awards and Achievements

    • Jennifer A. Robertson, Journalism, placed seventh in the opinion writing competition in the recent 44th Hearst Journalism Awards Program. For her seventh place finish, Robertson earned a $500 scholarship for the UK Journalism School.
    • Blake Jones, Social Work doctoral student, was a co-presenter of “Seeing the Forest AND the Trees: Comprehensive Family Services and Customer Satisfaction Outcomes” in November at the Child Welfare League of America, 2003 Tools That Work Conference, in Miami.
    • William Messer, Journalism, placed 15th in the recent 44th Hearst Journalism Awards Program, in a continuing overall Intercollegiate Writing Competition sponsored by the Hearst Journalsim Awards Program.
    
     
27. Faculty and Staff Awards and Achievements
    
    • Susan Bordo, English, was featured in the Dec. 19 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education. The article features a new preface Bordo wrote for the 10th anniversary publication of her popular book, "Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture and the Body." The new edition of the book will be published this month by the University of California Press.
    • Stanley D. Brunn, Geography, edited a book of essays titled "11 September and Its Aftermath: The Geopolitics of Terror" for the Journal of Geopolitics. The book includes articles by three persons who earned their doctorates in geography at UK and a current geography doctoral student. The book was published this month by Frank Cass Publishers of Portland, Ore.
    • Dan Chesire, Social Work, co-presented "Program Reviews as Interventions to Improve Treatment Process and Outcomes in Residential Treatment Programs" at the Child Welfare League of America, 2003 Tools That Work Conference, Miami, in November.
    • Bob Coleman, Animal Sciences, was a featured speaker at the first Southern Horse Fair in Raleigh, N.C., held December 5-7 with more than 8,000 horse owners attending.
    • Crystal Collins-Camargo and Chris Groeber, Social Work, presented “Using Public Agency, University and Community Partnerships to Create a Toolbox to ‘Fix’ Child Welfare” at the Child Welfare League of America, 2003 Tools That Work Conference, in Miami, in November.
    • Gary Cromwell, Animal Sciences, was honored by the National Academies of Science for his outstanding service as animal nutrition committee chair and swine nutrition committee member during its preparation of the most widely used nutrition guide for swine in the world.
    • Surjit Dhooper, Social Work, was recently appointed to the National Association of Social Work, Aging Section Committee.
    • Surjit Dhooper, Social Work, served on the Social Work Dictionary, 5th Edition, Editorial Review Board for the National Association of Social Workers.
    • Sherry Fairchild, Social Work, co-presented "Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: Implications for Social Work" at the 13th International Symposium of the Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development (IUCSD) in Mumbai, India, December 29, 2003-January 2, 2004.
    • James A. Francis, Classics, published “Living Icons: Tracing a Motif in Verbal and Visual Representation from the Second to Fourth Centuries, C.E.” in the December 2003 edition of the American Journal of Philology.
    • Robert A. Gayheart, Ophthalmology, was elected treasurer of Vision Share for 2004 and 2005. Vision Share is a national consortium of eye banks working to advance cornea transplantation and ophthalmic research in America and abroad.
    • Ari Geertsema, Center for Applied Energy Research, presented an overview of the energy research and development now under way at Kentucky universities to the Energy Subcommittee in Frankfort. The focus of his testimony was that better coordination in the state could lead to more federal dollars for energy-related research.
    • Uschi Graham, Center for Applied Energy Research, gave the keynote address at the Painting Technology Workshop in October in Lexington. Her talk was titled “Nanotechnology: Towards Smart Coatings.”
    • Jim Hower, Center for Applied Energy Research, chaired all three coal geoscience sessions and the coal geoscience poster session at the 20th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference in September.
    • Alan Lytle, WUKY, won a Crystal Award for Excellence from the Dallas, Texas-based Communicator Awards for his multi-part news series “Seabiscuit in the Bluegrass.”
    • Mary Marchant, Agricultural Economics, traveled to China as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Economic Research Service agricultural biotechnology team to gain a better understanding of Chinese biotech regulations and U.S. trade implications.
    • Lee Meyer and Kenny Burdine, Agricultural Economics, are working on a joint project with colleagues at the National Establishment for Higher Education in Agriculture at Dijon (ENESAD) in France, comparing beef system in Burgundy and Kentucky, and gaining insights into multifunctional farming practices.
    • Jerry Skees, Agricultural Economics, presented a paper on index-based insurance for developing countries at a December symposium in Rome, Italy, sponsored by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Commodities and Trade Division.
    • Ginny Sprang, Social Work, wrote the essay "Psychological Impact of Isolated Acts of Terrorism" in Terrorist, Victims and Society: Psychological Perspectives on Terrorism, published by Wiley and Sons, London.
    • Ginny Sprang and Jim Clark, Social Work, and Otto Kaak and Alan Brenzel, Psychiatry, co-presented "Efficacy of Relational Treatments for Traumatized Children and Families" at the 19th Annual International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Conference in November.
    • Jeff Stringer, Forestry, earned the 2003 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for his efforts in educating producers about best management practices in timber production.
    • Martin Tracy, Social Work, lead a weeklong conference in Budapest, Hungary, in December on "Good Practices in Social Service Delivery" with participants from Albania, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, and Serbia/Montenegro.
    • Rick S. Zimmerman, Communication, has been named a member of the Behavioral and Social Science Approaches to Preventing HIV/AIDS Study Section, Center for Scientific Review.
    
    
28. Research Activities
    
    • James Anderson, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, A Parallel, Six-Month, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter, Dose-Ranging Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Orally Administered GI181771X on Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Subjects.
    • Warren Anderson and William Andrews, Kentucky Geological Survey, a one-year, $245,350 grant from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the continuation of the USGS State Map Program.
    • John Armitstead, PCS Central Services, $36,735, Rural Health Bioterrorism and Emergency Preparedness.
    • P. Berger, Martin School of Public Policy, $40,000, Worker Health and Safety Cooperative Agreement.
    • William Boatright, AES/Animal Sciences, $118,000, Residual Soybean Sulfur Metabolism in Isolated Soy Proteins: Sulfate to Cysteine.
    • Subbarao Bondada, Microbiology and Immunology, $1,083,899, Growth Regulation and Therapy of Leukemias and Lymphomas.
    • Subbarao Bondada, Microbiology and Immunology, $249,693, Growth Regulation and Therapy of Leukemias and Lymphomas (Project 2).
    • Maria Boosalis, Clinical Sciences, $14,920, KSEF Emerging Ideas: Development of Nutrition Education CD on Healthy Eating to Combat Overweight and Obesity in Kentucky.
    • Ben Brammell, Biological Sciences, $600, Effects of Pollution Resistance on Polychlorinated Biphenyl Mediated Endocrine Disruption.
    • Allen Brenzel, Psychiatry, $219,988, UTC-Title IV-E/TCM Project 4-50401.
    • James Bryson, Microbiology and Immunology, $281,520, Growth Regulation and Therapy of Leukemias and Lymphomas (Project 4).
    • Susan Cantrell, Education Reform and Research, $58,515, KAELI: Alumni Project.
    • Vincent Capece, OISTL/Engineering Distance Learning, $29,996, An Experimental Investigation of Flutter Precursors in Compression Systems.
    • Thomas Chambers, AES/Veterinary Science, $85,220, Combination Vaccination for Equine Influenza Flu Avert Plus Encevac TC-4.
    • Roger Chesser, WUKY, $142,020, Community Service Grant (CSG).
    • Alfred Cohen, Cancer Center-Core Support, Clinical Trial, ACOSOG Statistics and Data Coordinating Center Studies.
    • Delwood Collins, Senior Associate Vice President for Research and Infrastructure, $150,000, Human Subjects Research Enhancement and Outreach.
    • Glenn Collins, AES/Agronomy, $331,515, Soybean Tissue Culture and Genetic Engineering Center.
    • Gary Cromwell, AES/Animal Sciences, $30,000, Shared Faculty Position With CSREES/USDA.
    • Ralph Crystal, Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling, $21,000, Satisfaction Survey of Consumers.
    • Larry Cunningham Jr., Oral Health Science, $5,400, Mentor Grant – Career Training in Therapeutics & Translational Research.
    • Subodh Das, Center for Aluminum Technology, $9,999, Automotive Aluminum Roadmap.
    • Willem DeVilliers, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, A Pilot Study of the Safety and Efficacy of ALX-0600 in Subjects with Moderately Active Crohn's Disease.
    • Mark Dignan, Kentucky Community Cancer Program, $24,200, State Nutrition and Physical Activity Programs to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases.
    • Carl Dillon, Agricultural Economics, $138,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service for research on the economics of precision agriculture for Kentucky producers.
    • Dennis Domer, Historic Preservation Master's Program, $95,136, Keene Family Estate.
    • James Drahovzal, Kentucky Geological Survey, $200,840, Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium.
    • James Drahovzal, Kentucky Geological Survey, $153,469, Creating a Geologic Play Book for Trenton-Black River Appalachian Basin Exploration.
    • Linda Dwoskin, Pharmaceutical Tech, $65,081, Novelty, Dopamine and Response to Amphetamine.
    • Toufic Fakhoury, Neurology, Clinical Trial, A Randomized Double Blind Parallel Group Multicenter Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Depakote Sprinkle Capsules in the Treatment of Partial Seizures in Children.
    • Toufic Fakhoury, Neurology, Clinical Trial, A Multi Center Double Blind Randomized Placebo Controlled Parallel Group Trial to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of SPM 927 (200mg day, 400mg day, 600 mg day) as Adjunctive Therapy in Subjects with Partial Seizures.
    • Victor Ferraris, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Clinical Trial, A Study Comparing Aniomax (bivalirudin) to Heparin Protamine Reversal in Patients Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Byh Pass (OPCAB) Surgery. Protocol No. TMC-B1V-02-07.
    • Victor Ferraris, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Clinical Trial, A Phase III Study of Angiomax (bivalirudin) in Patients with HIT/HITTS Type II Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) Surgery. Protocal No. TMC-BIV-02-02.
    • R. Fisher, Kentucky Geological Survey, $150,000, Groundwater Education, Training, and Technology Transfer.
    • James Geddes, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, $336,256, Calpain Inhibition Strategies for Spinal Cord Injury.
    • Beth Goldstein, Educational Policy Studies, $14,700, ITR: Decision-Theoretic Planning with Constraints – Education I.
    • Paul Goodrum, Civil Engineering, $28,226, Lessons Learned Proof of Concept and Implementation.
    • Richard Greenberg, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, A Long Term Open Label Rollover Trial Assessing the Safety and Tolerability of Combination Tipranivir and Ritonavir use in HIV-1 Infected Subjects.
    • Richard Greenberg, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, 03-BMT-149: Investigation of the Natural History of Patients With, or at Risk for, Progression to West Nile Virus (WNV).
    • Richard Greenberg, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, 03-BMT-148: A Phase I/II, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of IV Immunoglobulin G Containing High Anti-West Nile Virus Antibody Titers in Patients with, or at High-Risk.
    • Chris Groeber and Crystal Collins-Camargo, Social Work, a $200,000 supplement from the Federal Children's Bureau to further the work of the Southern Regional Quality Improvement Center in the Training Resource Center.
    • Theodore Grossardt, Kentucky Transportation Center, $62,075, Successful Community Workshops.
    • Theodore Grossardt, Kentucky Transportation Center, $50,000, Strategic/System Planning Support for LexTran: Service Delivery Analysis – Federal Aid Research Task No. 133.
    • Ted Hasselbring, Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling, $68,180, Project CARE: Curriculum Access Through Reading Electronically.
    • Jane Hayes, RCTF-Computer Science, $100,272, Fault-Based Analysis: Requirements Risk Reduction.
    • Lawrence Holloway, Electrical and Computer Engineering, $6,300, Remote Temperature Sensing Tags for Cattle.
    • Joseph Holtman, Anesthesiology, Clinical Trial, A Randomized Double Blind Placebo Controlled Multicenter Phase lIb Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Multiple Alvimopan Dosage Regimens for the Treatment of Opioid-Induced Bowel Dysfunction in Subjects with Chronic Pain of Non-Malignant Origin.
    • Joseph Holtman, Anesthesiology, $60,000, STTR: Norketamine for Treatment of Pain.
    • Patricia Howard, Nursing Instruction, $23,838, CSH Kentucky Medication Algorithm Project – FIDELITY ASSESSMENTS.
    • Michael Jay, Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, $21,735, Continued Stability Assessment of Modified Aqueous Gels Containing Recombinant Lactoferrin.
    • Chester Jennings, Microbiology and Immunology, $99,243, Growth Regulation and Therapy of Leukemias and Lymphomas (Core B).
    • Pradeep Kachroo, AES/Plant Pathology, $124,840, Characterization of HRT Mediated Resistance to Turnip Crinkle Virus in Arabidopsis.
    • James Kipp, Kentucky Water Resources Institute, $986,284, Kentucky Research Consortium for Energy and Environment (KWRRI Scope).
    • Barbara Kucera, Computational Sciences, $27,441, Implementing a Web-based Kentucky EPSCOR Reporting System.
    • Linda Levstik, Curriculum and Instruction, $5,000, American Legacies: Revitalizing American History in our Public Schools.
    • Carolyn Lewis, Nursing Instruction, $67,100, Public Health Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism.
    • Donald Linebaugh, Anthropology, $11,076, Keene Family Estate.
    • Donald Linebaugh, Program for Archaeological Research, $7,856, A Proposal to Perform Phase I Archaeological Survey for the US 25W Widening, Whitley County, Kentucky – Item No.:11-1200-00.
    • T.K. Logan, Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, $30,000, Bluegrass Prevention Services Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
    • E. Lorch, Psychology, $41,607, Development of Attention and Comprehension in ADHD.
    • Victor Marek, Computer Science, $179,500, IPA Agreement for Victor Marek.
    • Catherine Martin, Psychiatry, Clinical Trial, Adolescent HIV/STD Risk of Exposure Screen Development.
    • Ali Meigooni, Radiation Medicine, $24,365, Dosimetric Charachterization of the isoAid Pd-103 Brachytherapy Source.
    • Jeffrey Moscow, Pediatrics, Clinical Trial, A Prospective Randomized Double Blind Multicenter Pilot Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Interferon Gamma-lb plus Voriconazole Versus Placebo plus Vorconizole in the Treatment of Invasive Apergillosis and Other Filamentous Fungal Infections.
    • Russell Mumper, RCTF-Clinical Pharmaceutical Science, $24,911, Feasibility Studies of Nanoengineered Vaccines.
    • James Norton, Graduate Medical Education, $393,404, Rural Health Bioterrorism and Emergency Preparedness.
    • Melissa Ochsenbein, Center for Applied Energy Research, $2,610, EPSCoR Marketing Brochure.
    • Kevin Pearce, Family Practice, $58,433, CaRESS Restricted Scope Account for Subcontract Funds.
    • Robert Perry, Microbiology and Immunology, $51,942, Antimicrobials Against the Plague Yersinia bactin System.
    • David Pollack, Kentucky Archaeological Survey, $14,675, Eastern Kentucky New Deal Era.
    • Vivek Rangnekar, Radiation Medicine, $36,200, Restricted Scope for Year 8 Mechanism of Apoptosis by Par-4.
    • Brian Rymond, Biological Sciences, $73,500, Function of snRNP particles in pre-mRNA Splicing.
    • Kiran Saraff, Internal Medicine, $25,000, AngII Induced AAAs Occur Via Stimulation of Aortic Cell uPA Activity That Promotes Leukocyte Infiltration in a uPA Receptor Dependent Manner.
    • Mark Schneider, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KSPH), $95,920, UK Chemical Terrorism Preparedness.
    • Jimmy Smart, OISTL/Engineering Distance Learning, $18,571, Evaluation of Air/Water Quality Around the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
    • Douglas Smith, Curriculum and Instruction, $1,700, Improvement of Business/Marketing Education Programs Through Preservice and Inservice Teacher Education Programs. Ernest Snow, Microbiology and Immunology, $258, 773, Growth Regulation and Therapy of Leukemias and Lymphomas (Project 1).
    • Brett Spear, Microbiology and Immunology, $147,091, Growth Regulation and Therapy of Leukemias and Lymphomas (Core A).
    • Mary Sprang, Social Work, $158,604, Rural Health Bioterrorism and Emergency Pre-paredness.
    • Susan Straley, Microbiology and Immunology, $103,122, New Vaccine Candidates for Pneumonic Plague.
    • Mark Swanson, CES/Community and Leadership Development, $180,000, Local Food Systems and Agricultural Diversification: Opportunities and Obstacles.
    • Richard Sweigard, Mining Engineering, $489,148, Ukrainian Mine Safety Project.
    • Pamela Teaster, Gerontology, $149,578, Wards of the State: A Study of Public Guardianship Programs in Seven Jurisdictions.
    • Anand Vaishnav, Neurology, Clinical Trial, Secondary Prevention of Small Subcortical Strokes (SPS3).
    • James Walker, Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, $74,136, Turning It Around Project.
    • Thomas Waid, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, The Use of Cytomegalovirus Hyperimmune Gammoglobulin in Combination with Plasmapheresis in Highly or Specifically Sensitized Solid Organ Transplant Candidates.
    • Zhenming Wang, Kentucky Geological Survey, $117,485, Kentucky Research Consortium for Energy and Environment.
    • Thomas Whayne Jr., Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, Clinical Protocol for an Open Label Extension Study Evaluating the Safety of Eplerenone in Patients With Heart Failure.
    • Florence Witte, Kentucky Community Cancer Program, $18,312, Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in American Medical Education.
    • Edward Woolery, Geology, $86,885, Kentucky Research Consortium for Energy and Environment.
    • Stephen Wyatt, Kentucky Community Cancer Program, $49,061, UT Breast Health Outreach Program Restricted Scope for Pilot.
    • Alfred Young, Neurosurgery, Clinical Trial, A Multicenter Phase II Study of TP-38 in those Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme Who Have Recurred or Progressed After Previous Resection and Radiation Therapy and Are Scheduled for Gross Total Resection.
    • Alfred Young, Neurosurgery, Clinical Trial, Two Compartment Models to Improve Brain Tumor Therapy.
    • Youling Xiong, Animals Sciences, $130,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative State Research and Extension Service and subcontracted through Kentucky State University to research stability of red claw crayfish under frozen conditions, and identification of pawpaw genotypes.

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