Office of the Vice President for Research

Vice President for Research

James W. Tracy, jtracy@email.uky.edu
       •Biosketch

Associate Vice President for Research

Martha L. Peterson (part-time), mlpete01@uky.edu
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Research Support Units

Administration & Fiscal Affairs, Jack Supplee
Federal Relations, Bill Schweri
Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (OSPA), Debbie Davis
Office of Research Integrity (ORI), Ada Sue Selwitz
Proposal Development Office (PDO), Margot McCullers
Research Communications & Odyssey,
Research Information Services, Greg Franseth
Student Research Programs, Bessie Guerrant
      •UK Undergraduate Research Research Program
      •Bucks for Brains Summer Research Program
      •Kentucky Young Researchers Program
Survey Research Center, Ron Langley

Centers & Institutes

The following research centers and institutes are part of UK's organizational structure under the aegis of the vice president for research. They are non-degree granting and multidisciplinary in scope.

• Appalachian Center
• Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER)
• Center for Computational Sciences
• Center for Research on Violence Against Women
• Center for Structural Biology
• Center of Membrane Sciences
• Human Development Institute (HDI)
• Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS)
• Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute (KWRRI)

 

Core Facilities

The following shared-use facilities are funded by the office of the vice president for research.

• Division of Laboratory Animal Resources (DLAR)
• Flow Cytometry Core Facility
• Imaging Facility
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Center (MRISC)
• Mass Spectrometry Facility
• Microarray Core Facility
• Proteomics Core Facility
• Transgenic Mouse Facility
• University of Kentucky Clinical Research Organization (UKCRO)