Lab Kickball Party

Last Friday night we hosted a bunch of UK students that work in Brian's lab for a kickball/cookout party.  It was way fun!  First we headed down the road to play some kickball at the park.
 They were kind enough to let Haley and Grant play and few had the heart to get them out so it was a guaranteed point!

 Then we headed back home for a cookout.
 As you can see - there is a lot of "estrogen in the lab" as Brian says.  They are 1st, 2nd and 3rd year DPT students so he also acts as pseudo advisor to many of them too.
He does have one Ph.D. student, Caroline, who is AWESOME!  Without her help Brian would be even further buried.  He can't say enough good things about her - plus she had my kids wrapped around her little finger in a heartbeat!
 Our friend Chandra moved in town this week and came to the party too.  Her boyfriend Mike (the buddy Bri hiked in Colorado with earlier this year) got a job at UK in the Kineseology department.  He was still en-route from Calgary.  Brian is excited to have another Delaware-minded research buddy here. 
It was a nice way to end a busy summer - full of 5 grant applications in the last month alone!  The hard work is already paying off though since he just found out he is going to be awarded the 2012 National Excellence in Research Award from the Sports Physical Therapy Section of the APTA - an unexpected honor, complete with a 20 minutes podium presentation at next year's conference in Chicago. 

And fingers crossed - he is a finalist for a federally funded NIH K-award grant and has an interview this week to see if he makes the final cut.  He's 1 of 4, and they will only award 2 - so it's a 50/50 shot.  Wish my hard workin' dude some luck so he can take a vacation from grant writing for a while!

Comments

Jennifer's Kitchen said…
What a fun time! WTG, Brian!! Sounds like he is super successful. And I definitely will keep my fingers crossed for him to be able to take a break from the grant writing. That is a ton of work, I know.
September 26, 2011 at 12:55 PM
Andee said…
Wow- what a fun idea! And your hubby sounds pretty amazing to me! Good luck!
September 26, 2011 at 1:51 PM
Amy said…
How cool are you guys??--hosting a kickball and cookout party for the students. How fun! And the students all look so friendly.
September 27, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Anonymous said…
I love hearing about all the cool things Bri does! I am so proud of him!

-Michelle
October 3, 2011 at 1:08 PM
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