The UK Area Health Education Center is a proud co-sponsor of the annual welcome reception for students interested in Medical school. The University of Kentucky Medical Education Development for Prospective Medical Students (UKMED) is an annual program designed to specifically recruit self-identified non-majority junior and senior pre-medical undergraduate students who have a strong interest in attending medical school upon graduation from college. The goals of UKMED are to:

On campus experiences are not sufficient to prepare fully competent health care professionals; it is absolutely critical that all students have the opportunity to learn alongside providers in the community. Click here to learn more.

On October 17^th at the Harlan Center in Harlan, Kentucky, Southeast Kentucky AHEC, which serves Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike, and Wolfe counties, co-sponsored our 2013 Health Careers Expo, along with Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital. 

• The University of Kentucky has developed several research strengths, particularly in therapeutic areas that have high prevalence in Kentucky.  These strengths include research into cancer, substance abuse, neurological diseases and cardiovascular sciences.
• University of Kentucky is part of an elite group of medical centers across the country who have earned the "trifecta" of national federal funding.