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College of Health SciencesFriday FootnotesMay 1, 2009
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"To be recognized has been a humbling experience," said Webster. "Even being considered in a hall with the others before me is quite an honor." In 2007, the SEATA Hall of Fame was established to award professionals who dedicate their service to the Athletic Training profession. This induction is the highest honor that a SEATA member can receive. To be considered for the hall of fame, the athletic trainer must also show enhanced qualities of leadership, service, dedication, scholarly activities, promotion and professionalism. Webster serves the profession in many ways and has spent more than 30 years as a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA). Webster filled both the vice president and president roles for the Kentucky Athletic Trainers' Society (KATS) and Georgia Athletic Trainers' Association (GATA). He also served as chair and as a member of various committees for KATS and GATA including: legislative, reimbursement, scholarship, and student membership. An important task for Webster has always been working with state legislatures to lobby for the athletic training profession. "I became known for the work I have done in regards to athletic training legislation and have tried to convince legislators to recognize the profession's importance," said Webster. Not only has Webster worked on the regional level, but he has influenced the government on a national level as well. One of Webster's most memorable experiences was when he led a task force to Washington to meet with officials in Washington, D.C. to discuss HIPAA patient privacy implications for athletic trainers. Students are now Webster's main focus. He believes it is important for young professionals to start making an impact. For the next generation of hall of famers, Webster gave some insight on how to succeed in the profession. "I got to this point because of mentorship and I could not have done this without people guiding me along the way," said Webster. "I always tell my students, 'this is your profession, so get involved and make an impact.'" Back to TopSummer Reading InitiativeThe book chosen for the university's summer reading initiative is The Color of Water, A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride. Several copies of the book are available for loan to faculty or staff. Please see Marie Poole for more information. Back to TopOnline Open EnrollmentBeginning April 27 thru May 15, employees may change their benefits online under the Employee self-service tab on myUK portal. For complete details on this year's Open Enrollment, visit http://www.uky.edu/HR/OE. The site features updates on this year's rate changes and a listing of upcoming Open House events. You may also discuss your Open Enrollment choices with Employee Benefits specialists, as well as representatives from various insurance providers. Back to TopCampbell Wins Kingston Award
Kim Campbell is this year's recipient of the Kingston Award for Excellence in Teaching. Ms. Campbell is an adjunct faculty member and Medical Instructional Specialist, as well as the Education Coordinator for graduate program in Reproductive Laboratory Sciences. The award will be presented at the 2009 CHS recognition ceremony. Please offer Kim your congratulations. Back to TopStudent Wins Undergraduate Research FellowshipBen Barnes, an undergraduate student in the College of Arts & Sciences and topical studies major with a focus on aging and gerontology, was announced as a 2009 American Physiological Society Undergraduate Research Fellow. Barnes' academic advisor is Esther Dupont-Versteegden, an associate professor in the Division of Physical Therapy. Fellowship winners spend the summer in the laboratory of an established scientist and APS member. Now in its 10th year, this program aims to excite and encourage students about careers in biomedical research. "The APS fellowship is a tremendous opportunity for me to be involved in high level research in the field in which I will likely work for quite some time," said Barnes, an international student from Australia. During the Program, each Fellow will participate in hands-on research experience in the lab of an established investigator learning to develop a hypothesis, design and troubleshoot experiments, collect and analyze data, write up and present results. They will have opportunities to network with other undergraduates interested in biomedical research, to explore the nature of research and how scientists think about their specific question, to explore career options and what it takes to be successful in those careers, and have their career questions answered by members of the Career Opportunities in Physiology Committee. "Ben came to my lab in the late summer of last year looking for a place where he could gain experience doing basic science research on a translational project," Dupont-Versteegden stated. "My laboratory focuses on studying the underlying mechanisms of skeletal muscle atrophy in general and those involved in the aged in particular. We found a project that was of interest to him where we study the involvement of cell death pathways in muscle atrophy. He very quickly picked up the techniques in the laboratory and we gained some interesting information about cell death pathways that may lead us to try interventions in our animal model." "Ben is eager to move the project forward and I have to put brakes on him sometimes, because he thinks three steps ahead. He shows incredible initiative in finding conferences as venues for data presentation and applying for fellowships to fund his research endeavors. With the fellowship from the APS he will be able to concentrate on his research project this summer and he will present his data at the Experimental Biology meeting next April." Back to TopPT Students Support the Community through VolunteerismPhysical Therapy students volunteered in April at the Living Arts and Science Center to help them beautify their grounds. The students worked in the gardens, cleaned out waterfalls and streams, washed walls, dug up posts and helped with painting. Back to TopVolunteers Needed for StudyDr. Stemple needs a few more volunteers to finish data collection on a study of normal voices. Participants should be between the ages of 40-59, have a normal voice, have normal hearing, and be a non-smoker. If you or someone you know is interested in participating, please call Dr. Stemple at 323-1100 ext. 80556. The data collection takes approximately 30 minutes. Back to TopDr. Ko's Collaboration Featured
The work of a team of researchers in South Korea has been featured in various news sources over the past week. The work was performed in the facility of Dr. Byeong Chun Lee, a researcher at the Seoul National University in South Korea. Dr. Ko has been a collaborator in the project in terms of designing the project and analyzing the data. No experiments for the study were performed at the University of Kentucky. Read the New Scientist Article Back to TopDrs. Effgen, Klinert, and Teeter Myers Receive Grant FundingThe College of Health Sciences Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, in collaboration with the Department of Occupational Therapy at EKU, has received a four year, $738,559 grant from the U.S. Department of Education for personnel development. The project is entitled: PREPaRE: Preparing Related Services Personnel for Rural Employment. The project will train and support graduate students to help alleviate the regional shortage of highly qualified personnel in occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology who are able and willing to work collaboratively in early intervention and schools in rural areas. The project is for entry level physical therapy, occupational therapy, and communication sciences and disorders students. Applications for the project will be available in July. Dr. Jane Kleinert, Dr. Christine Teeters Myers and Dr. Susan Effgen serve as the co-PIs of this project. The Kleinert is part of the Communications Sciences and Disorders division, Dr. Effgen is part of the Physical Therapy Division, and Dr. Teeter Myers is part of the Occupational Therapy division at EKU. She is also a graduate of the CHS Rehabilitation Sciences Ph.D. program. Back to TopWork-Life Offers New ServiceThe Work + Life Connections program is a free, voluntary counseling service to regular employees, their family members and sponsored dependents. All sessions are confidential and are limited to five consultations per year. When appropriate, assistance with community referrals will also be given. The Coordinator of Work + Life Connections is Ann Bassoni, who is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW). Ann can assist you or a co-worker with better ways to handle:
Please note that REFER will still be the mandatory EAP for supervisors while also providing voluntary services for employees. Therefore, if supervisors are having work-related problems with their employees, they should contact Employee Relations, who will then work with REFER to assist employees. On the other hand, please let your employees know about Work + Life Connections as a voluntary service to help them negotiate their work and life obligations and challenges; please share availability of resources before their problems turn into work performance issues and policy violations. Work + Life Connections and REFER are working together to make sure that employees have adequate access to mental health services. To learn more about Work + Life Connections, visit our new website at http://www.uky.edu/HR/WLC/ or call Ann at 257-9433. Back to TopDrs. Effgen, Gairola and Marshall Receive Education Enhancement GrantsDrs. Susan Effgen, Gerry Gairola, and Bob Marshall were awarded the 2009-2010 CHS Education Enhancement Grant awards. Although these grants vary in their focus, all have been proposed to provide innovative and valuable instructional opportunities for our students.
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The Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association (SEATA) inducted Keith Webster, UK Head Athletic Trainer and an Assistant Professor in the College of Health Sciences, into its Hall of Fame on Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Panama City Beach, Fl.
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