Purpose: This notice informs the community of NIH and AHRQ application due date adjustments to accommodate scheduled federal system downtime.

Grants.gov has a planned production system outage from Friday, September 23, 2022 at 12:01 AM ET to Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 11:59 PM ET. Grants.gov will use this time to migrate their services to the Cloud.

In response, NIH and AHRQ due dates that fall on or between

September 22 and September 30, 2022 will move to October 3, 2022.

The Version 4 (V4) system updated on August 18, 2022 .

Improvements included reducing redundancies; re-organizing some of the sections; and improving navigation for some of the menu options, visuals on section pages, and the log-on page.

• E-IRB applications submitted to ORI/IRB before noon on August 18, 2022 will not contain the updates.
• This includes applications in the researcher’s Inbox (default Dashboard view) and on ORI’s or the IRB’s Dashboard. 
• After your application is approved, creating a new Modification Request or a Continuation Review/AAR request will convert the application to the updated version (V4) then.

 All E-IRB applications in draft and not submitted to ORI/IRB by noon on August 18, 2022 will automatically be converted to the updated E-IRB application (V4). No previously saved data or attachments will be lost.

There are several sections with a text field being moved to a different section and combined with a similar question. The contents of the two text fields will be merged together. The researcher is responsible for reading through the resulting combined text to make edits as deemed necessary for optimal comprehension. The nine sections directly affected by the system update are: 

• Subject Demographics
• Informed Consent/Assent Process/Waiver
• Research Description
• Study Drug Info
• Study Device Info
• Research Sites
• Research Attributes
• Funding/Support
• Additional Information/Materials

If one or more of these nine sections had a check mark before noon, August 18^th, the section will lose the checkmark after the conversion to V4.  A blue check mark indicates the section is complete while a pencil icon signifies that additional information/verification is required.

The researcher is responsible for going through the application to make sure all sections have a blue check mark next to them rather than a pencil. If any section in the application has a pencil icon next to it, it means there is missing information (e.g., a new question was added). The researcher will need to review the section and answer the required questions and save the section before being able to submit the application. 

The Medical Center Library Research Workshop Series begins at the end of August. This semester we’ll be talking about MCL resources, searching different databases, and systematic reviews in the social sciences.

All sessions will be held at 12 p.m. via Zoom. Email Cayla.Robinson17@uky.edu with questions.

Registration is encouraged!

The UK Center for Innovation in Population Health is involved in an annual conference that supports those in child welfare, behavrional health, mental health and other systems of care.

The 2022 TCOM Conference will be hosted in-person in New Orleans, LA September 21-23, 2022 and virtually September 26-27, 2022.

All CPH Faculty and Staff are eligible to attend the TCOM Conference at a discounted rate using this link.

The University of Kentucky will host the 12th Annual Summit in-person on November 14-15, 2022 at the Gatton Student Center

This year's theme is: Community-Academic Engagement: Building Resilience Together.

Abstracts may be submitted that report on health-related research or programs focused on priority health issues that impact Appalachian communities.  

Abstracts may report on basic laboratory research, clinical research, community-based research, epidemiological and/or populations studies, outcomes research, health services research, evidence-based programs, program evaluations, or best practices in community organizations or clinical settings. Abstracts may describe work that has been or will be submitted at other meetings.

Abstracts are due: Friday, September 9th, 2022 at 11:59 PM. 

We encourage student attendance and abstract submission. There is no cost for abstract submission. 

Submit Oral or Poster Abstracts here.

Submit Symposium Abstracts here.

The Health, United States program brings together many sources of federal and external data, making it easier to find and use accurate and reliable trend data on a variety of topics.

The Health, United States report is transitioning to an interactive, user-friendly product with web content. The updated product includes a redesigned topic-based website and the traditional report, now called the Annual Perspective, to be released in the near future. The new user-friendly website includes the data finder to access trend tables, a revamped structure, and a new look. These topic pages bring together key findings, featured figures, and new trend analyses.

Select findings from the 2020–2021 Health, United States topic pages:

• From 2009 to 2019, males were 1.4 times more likely to die from cancer than females.
• In 2019, there were 3.5 times as many physicians per 100,000 population in Washington, D.C. compared with Idaho.
• From 1999–2002 to 2015–2018, energy intake from carbohydrates decreased while energy intake from total fat and protein increased.

NCHS will continue to update the website with more health topics regularly. This release covers various health topics, from births, infectious diseases, chronic conditions, substance use, nutrition, and health expenditures, to health care access. Don't forget to bookmark the new website and subscribe to stay updated.

Substance Use Disorder Pilot Awards

Two pilots of up to $25,000 in total direct cost will be awarded with a project period of 12 months. Areas of emphasis are:

• Identification and advancement of novel substance use disorder pharmacological treatments along the drug development continuum
• Community-engaged substance use disorder research focused on intervention development and/or implementation in community settings
• Leveraging novel technology or mHealth approaches to develop and/or deliver substance use disorder-related interventions (e.g., education, stigma reduction, support, linkage, monitoring) to patients or community members
• Development and validation of novel laboratory models relevant to substance use disorders

LOI due September 8, 2022; Full Application due November 10, 2022

Substance Use Disorder Mini Grants

Three SUD mini grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded for a project period of 12 months. These projects will follow the above-mentioned areas of emphasis; however, they will be of a scope and scale commensurate with a smaller total budget.

• Eligibility is limited to full-time faculty (all title series including regular, research, clinical and special) at the University of Kentucky and affiliated institutions.
• Investigators in training including residents, post-doctoral fellows, and clinical fellows are NOT eligible to serve as PIs but may be co-investigators.
• Volunteer faculty and adjunct faculty are NOT eligible to serve as PIs but may be co- investigators.

LOI due September 8, 2022; Full Application due November 10, 2022

Substance Use Disorder Travel Awards

These awards support attendance and presentation at important SUD-related scientific and professional conferences during 2022-2023. It is anticipated that travel funds up to $1,500 per awardee will be available. Candidate meetings that are important in the SUD space will be prioritized, for example, SFN, CPDD, APA, SRNT, AHSR, and ICRS.

Rolling Deadline

Purpose: This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) solicits research, research training, and research career development on the health and well-being of people who identify as bisexual or bisexual+. “Bisexual” or “bi” in this NOSI may describe those with the potential to be attracted, romantically and/or sexually, to people of more than one sex or gender, not necessarily at the same time, not necessarily in the same way, and not necessarily to the same degree. “Bisexual+” or “bi+” in this NOSI is an umbrella term that is intended to encompass non-monosexual identities, including but not limited to bisexual, pansexual, sexually fluid, and queer.

Background: Although in recent years there has been an overall increase in research and advances focused on the health and well-being of sexual and gender minorities (SGM; defined for the purposes of NIH-supported research in NOT-OD-19-139), not all populations that fall under the SGM umbrella have benefited equally. Notably, there are relatively fewer projects related to bisexual and bisexual+ (bi/bi+) health in the NIH SGM research portfolio despite bi/bi+ people accounting for the largest proportion of the population of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and other SGM (LGBTQI+) individuals in the U.S. as of 2022 (LGBT Identification in U.S. Ticks Up to 7.1%, Gallup, 2022). NIH recognized the current paucity of work specific to bi/bi+ persons in the NIH FY 2021– 2025 Strategic Plan to Advance Research on the Health and Well-being of Sexual & Gender Minorities and urged increased consideration and inclusion of bi/bi+ populations in research.

Further information about the workshop can be found on the Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office (SGMRO) website, including the summary document containing prioritized research opportunities for each of the aforementioned key areas.