LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 26, 2020) — Over the past several months, schools across the country have been forced to make difficult decisions about whether and how to return to the classroom.
At what point will it be safe?
Emergency Medicine Team receives "Top Performing Work Group" Award
UK CERH to Showcase at SOAR Summit 2020
UK CERH has been selected to showcase at the 2020 Shaping Our Appalachian Region Summit, October 28-30! Please join us during the Virtual Exhibit Hall. Our virtual booth will be open for chats and videos to showcase the many exciting programs and opportunities at the Center. Check out our video agenda below, which will repeat approximately each hour. Click the link below for more information and door prizes.
VIDEO AGENDA
Inabnet named surgeon-in-chief of UK HealthCare
By Kim Klimek
He will work to enhance the medical education experience and serve as a liaison between leadership and the surgery team.
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine and UK HealthCare are pleased to announce that William Barlow (Barry) Inabnet III, MD, MHA, FACS, the Johnston-Wright endowed professor and chair of surgery, will take on an additional role as surgeon-in-chief of UK HealthCare.
DTCB Graduate Student and Post-Doctoral Scholar Fellowship Opportunities
The Department of Toxicology & Cancer Biology is excited to announce internal Graduate Student and Post-Doctoral Scholar Fellowship Opportunities for the Spring 2021 semester. All current graduate students and post-doctoral scholars in the department are eligible and encouraged to apply. Please review the attached documents regarding the award categories and criteria. The submission deadline for all opportunities is November 30, 2020.
Center Director's Vaping Links To COVID-19 Risk In Teens And Young Adults Featured on NPR
Vaping is linked to a substantially increased risk of COVID-19 among teenagers and young adults, according to a new study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. As part of our ongoing COVID-19 coverage, Dr. Greg Davis talks about the study with Ellen Hahn, Marcia A. Drake Professor in the UK College of Nursing and Public Health, and Director of BREATHE including the Tobacco Policy Division, the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy (KCSP), and the Radon Policy Division.
Dr. Desai and new intern, Dr. Saran Pillai publish article in emDocs
UK Researchers Study COVID-19 and Decision-Making for Reopening Schools
CHET Acknowledges Native Peoples and Place
On October 16, 2020, our Director Dr. Nancy Schoenberg shared the following message regarding acknowledging Native Peoples and Place:
Dear Colleagues,
This week, we have commemorated Indigenous People's Day. As noted by the Smithsonian Institution, “Generations of Native people throughout the Western Hemisphere have protested Columbus Day.
UKnow: Evers Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Dr. B. Mark Evers, professor of surgery in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and director of the UK Markey Cancer Center, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
Dr. Matthew Bush Highlights Positive Experience in UK College of Medicine's PhD Program in CTS
Matthew Bush, MD, PhD, MBA, is an experienced clinician, academic leader, and researcher. While he has been directly involved in health care and academia throughout his career, he credits the progress of his research career to a program he completed at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine while serving as a faculty member.
