Rice dedicated 35 years of service to UK, provided formative leadership of the CCTS clinical research unit, and recently led clinical operations for UK's COVID-19 vaccine research center.
During "UK at the Half" UK football game on Saturday, CCTS was recognized for their clinical research — which helps to improve health, with an emphasis on the Central Appalachian region.
His book “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History” was an NYT bestseller and named by the National Academies of Science as the year’s outstanding book on science or medicine.
The CCTS will host the acclaimed medical historian John M. Barry, author of "The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History," at the keynote panel of its 2021 Spring Research Days, to be held the afternoons of April 7 and 8.