On March 13, 2019, Amanda Trent (Project Coordinator) and Richard Herndon (Project Manager) presented a webinar titled "Monitoring and Improvement of Screening, Referral, and Navigation Project" via hosts: The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Mathematica Policy Research (MPR).  Based on the recommendation of our CMS project officer, the research arm of the agency, MPR, requested that our bridge organization develop and present material through PowerPoint on how we have been monitoring and reporting beneficiary enrollment as part of the KC-AHC project.

  While national rankings cannot portray the importance of research as a pillar of the mission of the University of Kentucky (UK), rankings provide a snapshot of our standings compared to benchmark institutions of higher education. Fortunately, national rankings of university research portfolios show steady growth of UK’s research enterprise, and they illustrate the breadth of faculty, staff and students engaged in research.

Dr. Carol Steltenkamp, professor of pediatrics at the University of Kentucky, has been appointed external chief medical officer for UK HealthCare. In this new role, she represents the voices of clinicians in strategy, outreach and communications. Working on behalf of the Office of the UK Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, she is responsible for developing and maintaining strategic clinical alliances with physicians and health care organizations throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond.

The University of Kentucky community is celebrating Women’s History Month. Throughout March, UKNow will feature the women — past and present — on whose shoulders we stand and whose hard work has made our achievements possible. With a combination of fierce resolve and deep compassion, UK women have left indelible marks on our university. Join us as we highlight these #WomenOfUK.

Physiology Trainee Brooke Ahern (mentor: Jon Satin) received the 2019 Student Research Achievement Award at the Biophysical Society 63rd Annual Meeting in Baltimore for her outstanding poster presentation.

Congratulations Brooke!

Dr. Swanson is currently recruiting graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to serve as near-peer mentors for our SURES (Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Environmental Health Sciences).