We would like to congratulate CHET Core Faculty member Lovoria Williams, PhD, for being named the Nurse Researcher of the Year by the National Black Nurses Association at the 47th Annual Conference in New Orleans on Saturday, July 27.

The award represents her work to deliver community-based interventions that reduce health disparities among minority and medically underserved populations by increasing tobacco cessation and cancer screening behaviors and reducing obesity and diabetes.

Dr. Williams is an Associate Professor in the University of Kentucky College of Nursing.

I know you've heard it before. Maybe even from me. But it's true. You need a CV and you need to keep it up to date. CV stands for curriculum vitae - "the course of your life." It should be a record of all your career-related achievements. The best thing to do is put everything you think might be related in there. Add things as they occur.

HAZARD, Ky. (Aug. 8, 2019) The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) has released the agenda for the fifth annual Appalachian Research Day: Come Sit on the Porch.  The one-day event, which shares results of health research conducted with communities in Appalachia, will be held Wednesday, September 18 at the First Federal Center in Hazard. Registration for the event closes on September 12.

The University of Kentucky is hosting its first Annual Inclusive Health Summit through a collaboration between UK Inclusive Health Partnerships and the UK Healthcare Transform Clinic. The summit will take place September 7, 2019 from 9:00am-4:30pm and is free of cost.

The Center for Advanced Translational Stroke Science (CATSS) was established in 2015 to support basic and translational stroke research, to provide an interactive and collaborative environment for research development between research and clinical faculty (and

Like it or not, you will end up in a leadership position. You may already be in one. It's good to start thinking about this sooner rather than later. This month's suggested reading, which is based on extensive research by the authors, will help you understand what makes someone a good leader. Have a look at "The Extraordinary Leader" by John Zenger and Joseph Folkman. It's considered a classic in the leadership field.

In July the Department had four publications listed in PubMed.

1: Brewer MK, Uittenbogaard A, Austin GL, Segvich DM, DePaoli-Roach A, Roach PJ, McCarthy JJ, Simmons ZR, Brandon JA, Zhou Z, Zeller J, Young LEA, Sun RC, Pauly JR, Aziz NM, Hodges BL, McKnight TR, Armstrong DD, Gentry MS. Targeting Pathogenic Lafora Bodies in Lafora Disease Using an Antibody-Enzyme Fusion. Cell Metab. 2019 Jul 18. pii: S1550-4131(19)30375-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.07.002. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31353261.

CLICK HERE FOR A PHOTO PAGE OF THE RECEPTION FOR DR. ZWISCHENBERGER

By Josh Shepherd
The UK Department of Surgery celebrated Dr. Joseph Zwischenberger's 12-year term as Chair of the Department of Surgery with a special recognition reception on Thursday afternoon, July  25 in Pavilion A of the UK Chandler Medical Center.