LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 15, 2019) — Working hard to help Kentuckians get on, and stay on, the road to better health. For the past 25 years, the University of Kentucky’s Ellen Hahn has been doing just that.
CHET Faculty Member Discusses Impact of Menthol Ban on Health Equity
"Current policies that include restrictions on the sale of menthol flavored tobacco and nicotine products are less likely to reach those that would benefit from them the most, according to new research from the University of Kentucky’s College of Medicine published in Health Promotion Practice Jan. 7.
The research led by Shyanika Rose, assistant professor in the Department of Behavioral Science, examined local policies across the nation that restricted flavored tobacco products to see how they reached at-risk populations including youth, people of color, LGBTQ and low-income groups.
Call for Nominations: UK CARES/UK CERH 2020 Community Engagement Award in Environmental Health Sciences
UK-Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Science and UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health
2020 Community Engagement Award
Call for Nominations
CT Surgery faculty member establishes national Thoracic Surgery scholarship award
Dr. Sibu Saha, a longstanding member of the Cardiothoracic Surgery faculty at the University of Kentucky, has established a scholarship with the Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF), the charitable arm of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), to enable aspiring CT Surgery residents to attend the society’s annual meeting.
UK Launches $15 Million KeY Treat Study in Perry County
Today, University of Kentucky officials provided updates on the recently launched Kentucky Viral Hepatitis Treatment Project (KeY Treat), a three-year, $15 million study co-funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) with the ultimate goal of eradicating the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Perry County, Kentucky.
Family and Community Medicine Team Receives National Award
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine’s Department of Family and Community Medicine’s Primary Care Training Enhancement (PCTE) grant team was recently selected to receive the Outstanding Educational Program Award by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR). This award honors an innovative program, department, or academic institution for their involvement in advancing undergraduate or graduate medical education in prevention and public health which furthers students’ interest in the discipline.
UK HealthCare releases new video from Surgery chair Dr. William Inabnet
Marks Selected as UK's First Bell Addiction Medicine Scholar
Dr. Sarah Tully Marks, assistant professor and the associate residency program director in the University of Kentucky Department of Community and Family Medicine, has been selected as UK’s first Bell Addiction Medicine Scholar. This scholar program is a part of the Bell Alcohol and Addiction Endowed Chair efforts aimed at building physician education and training experiences for treating patients with substance use disorders.
CHSR Awarded New RWJF Research Grant to Use Valuable Health Data to Inform Policy
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) recently awarded nineteen grantees to conduct studies using highly valued datasets from either the Health Care Cost Institute, OptumLabs, CareJourney or athenahealth. These grants were awarded as a part of RWJF’s signature research program Health Data for Action, managed by AcademyHealth.
UK Researcher Makes 'Top Science Stories of 2019' List by Discover Magazine
An international group of experts led by Dr. Peter Nelson, a neuropathologist at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is being recognized as one of the top science stories of 2019 by Discover Magazine.
Center Director Dr. Ellen Hahn Demonstrates Commitment to Health Research, Advocacy
