UK Center for Drug Abuse Research Translation Receives NIH Grant
The University of Kentucky Center for Drug Abuse Research Translation (CDART) has received a $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), funding which will continue the centers long history of developing novel intervention strategies that target high-risk individuals. CDART is connected to the Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Though they are separate entities, CDART and NIDA have the common mission of understanding the causes and prevention of substance use disorders. The primary goal of CDART, which the grant will augment, is to ...
Source: UK College of Medicine News - January 3, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 grant Source Type: news
UK Center for Excellence in Rural Health Hosts Breathe Easy Perry County Partnership Exhibit
The University of Kentucky Center for Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) hosted an informational exhibit by the Breathe Easy Perry County Partnership (BEPCP), a group formed in 2008 with a mission to educate the community and address secondhand smoke issues in Perry County. Receiving a community engagement mini-grant in 2012 from UKs Center for Clinical and Translational Science (supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences UL1TR00017), has enabled us to increase our outreach efforts as well as work with the local media and social media to educate our community, said Linda Napier, grassroots ...
Source: UK College of Medicine News - January 3, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 research Breathe Easy Source Type: news
