We are pleased to welcome Shyanika W. Rose, MA, PhD as a faculty member of the Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET).
Alzheimer's disease wreaks emotional havoc on patients, who are robbed of their memories, their dignity, and their lives. It’s financially devastating as well: care for Alzheimer's patients is predicted to top $1 trillion by about the time children born today are having children of their own.
Published on June 25, 2019
By Taylor Sisk, 100 Days in Appalachia
Kelly Scott was a natural choice to serve as advisor to The Empty Chair Project at Pikeville High School.
From the time he was five years old, Scottie Day knew he was going to be a doctor.
"I don't remember what the drive was," said Day. "But I knew that's what I was going to do."
Day hails from Smilax, a small town in Eastern Kentucky which, according to Day, consists of "a post office and a grocery store." His father was a coal miner and his mother stayed home with Day and his brother.
The Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center (TCC) for Health Disparities Research at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has just published a special issue supplement with the Journal of Ethnicity & Disease titled “Advancing Health Equity and Reducing Disparities with Collaborative Policy Research.” This issue presents innovative and groundbreaking policy research, policy action, and health equity interventions from the TCC, a center funded by NIMHD. The issue includes introductions by MSM President and Dean and former NIMHD Advisory Council member Dr.
The fifth annual Appalachian Research Day, Come Sit on the Porch, will be hosted September 18, 2019 by the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CERH) in Hazard, KY.
America’s Essential Hospitals, a national trade association, has recognized UK HealthCare for its work to develop safer opioid usage practices within an academic health system.
America's Essential Hospitals, which represents 300 hospitals committed to caring for the vulnerable and keeping communities healthy, awarded UK HealthCare a 2019 Gage Award for Improving Quality. The association presented the award June 20, at its annual conference, in Miami.
