New Funding Opportunities with a Focus on Workforce Diversity

Diane Kronemeyer, community liaison at University of Kentucky (UK) Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH), has been named a 2013 Paul Harris Fellow by the Hazard Rotary Club.

Kronemeyer was designated a Paul Harris Fellow in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given by an individual representing an agency, company or business along with the individual’s personal assistance for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among people of the world.

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Gretchen Norling Holmes, assistant director of research at the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) in Hazard, has been selected by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) as a 2014 Rural Health Fellow. Following the completion of a competitive review process, Holmes was one of 15 fellows selected from across the nation to participate in a yearlong, intensive program aimed at developing leaders who can articulate a clear and compelling vision for rural America. “We are very pleased to announce this new class of fellows as this program enters its eighth ye
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The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health in Hazard announces the graduation of its first cohort of Medical Laboratory Science students. The MLS program in Hazard provides cutting-edge training in the growing medical laboratory science field. Graduates earn a Bachelor of Health Sciences degree in Medical Laboratory Science, and obtain work in a variety of settings, including clinical labs, hospital and reference labs, research, and veterinary labs.
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Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, professor and vice chair in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine,is one of 11 recipients of the 2014 Harrington Scholar-Innovator Awards given by the Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center.
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In a time when competition for federal research funding  is tougher than ever before, the University of Kentucky has been awarded one of the largest health grants ever made to the institution: an $11.3 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant  supporting research focusing on issues that plague the Commonwealth - the twin scourges of obesity and cardiovascular disease.

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            November marks a very important time for me. It is my annual hire date and also the month in which the Health Occupations Today (HOT) Expo is usually held.  Last year I had the opportunity to see it during the first week of my job. I was completely overwhelmed and awestruck at the event. The team at Southern KY AHEC had worked diligently planning and preparing for this event and it showed. Of course I had no idea what had taken place behind the scene to get to this point.

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Congratulations to Dr. Michael Lynch, PGY5 plastic surgery resident, who was named the recipient of the prestigious Glancy Award at the Black Tie Dinner of the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (SEPSRS) in June. His paper entitled “Dermal Autografts as a Substitute for Acellular Dermal Matrices (ADM) in Tissue Expander Breast Reconstruction: A Prospective Comparative Study,” was selected from over 60 papers submitted from 11 accredited plastic surgery residency programs throughout the Southeast. Co-authors were 4th Year Medical Student Michael Chung and Dr.