SUPRA to Host. Dr. Alice Cepeda 3/18/21
CHET is excited to share that the Substance Use Priority Research Area (SUPRA) is hosting Dr. Alice Cepeda from the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work on March 18th at 1:00pm.
Dr. Cepeda focuses on the social epidemiology of drug use and the related health risk behaviors affecting urban Mexican-origin populations.
CHET to Co-Host Dr. Geoffrey Curran 3/16/21
The University of Kentucky’s TRIPPPLe Team Alliance, Center for Health Equity Transformation, and the Center for Advancement of Pharmacy Practice are delighted to host Dr. Geoffrey Curran from the University of Arkansas who will be presenting on “An Overview of Hybrid Effectiveness – Implementation Designs”.
Dr. Makenzie Barr Receives CHET Just-in-Time Award
Congratulations to Makenzie Barr, PhD, RDN, LD, Assistant Professor of Dietetics and Human Nutrition in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment for receiving a CHET Just-in-Time award for her project, “A Qualitative Community Based Participatory Research Approach to Identifying Community Supported Interventions for Laurel County Kentucky.”
The goal of her project is to identify feasible evidence-based program options of interest to rural Kentuckians that target improvement of health outcomes.
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Recognition of Research at University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky is a major research university. In the most recent fiscal year, FY20, UK received $429.2 million in grants and contracts for research work. Of that impressive figure over $272 million is in the form of awards from federal agencies such as the NIH. Figure 1 below shows the growth in funding to the university over the past five years.
The growth as been significant and has elevated our placement to 63rd among 624 institutions according to the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey.
Harit Kapoor, MBBS, MD, 4th year Radiology resident and Marianna Zagurovskaya, MD Radiology Emergency Faculty featured on RSNA Podcast
UKEM Celebrates Resident Appreciation Day 2021
UKHC New Interventional Radiology Suite
University of Kentucky HealthCare and the Department or Radiology are proud to announce the opening of the new state of the art Interventional Services.
To learn more go to the following link https://youtu.be/mvRs_kvSOMA
Women's History Month: College of Medicine Hosting Virtual Film Screening, Panel Discussion
Happy Women’s History Month from the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion!
In celebration of the accomplishments of women in medicine and science and recognizing the work that still needs to be done, ODEI is collaborating with Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) and the Office of Biomedical Education to host a virtual screening of "Picture a Scientist."
MD 828 Symposium Provides Unique Opportunity for Students to Apply Course Knowledge
As a new course director for MD 828: Gastrointestinal System and Nutrition, April Hatcher, PhD, knew she wanted to put a creative spin on how she taught these subjects to her second-year students.
Capitalizing on the expansion of virtual platforms, she and a team of faculty and staff at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine established a unique opportunity for students to apply the knowledge gained from the course.
LIFT KY Alliance Combines Expertise to Help Reduce Tobacco Use in Kentucky
The single greatest health behavior change that could improve health and decrease mortality is to assist tobacco users to quit smoking and using other tobacco products. This is particularly important to people living in Kentucky, where the rate of smoking is 1.5 times that of the general population of the United States.
