The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced today that it will award 24 grants this year, totaling close to $900,000, to economists and other social scientists conducting research on the channels through which economic inequality affects economic growth and stability.
The new Center for Health Equity Transformation aims to grow health equity research at the University of Kentucky by training and providing professional development guidance to those interested in studying and addressing health disparities.
The undergraduate research of UK saxophone performance student Kirby Davis, of Greenville, Kentucky, has been published in the August 2018 issue of DownBeat magazine.
Aria Byrd, a doctoral candidate in the UK College of Medicine, has been selected to participate in a rigorous six-month program aiming to create the next generation of science advocates.
Don Helme is partnering with the Kentucky Attorney General’s office to gauge public opinion on a new drug deactivation pouch, part of a larger effort to develop solutions to the state’s opioid epidemic.
Laura Fischer, assistant professor for the Department of Integrated Strategic Communication (ISC), in the College of Communication and Information, is the recipient of the 2018 ACE Outstanding Dissertation Award.
The DREAM Scholars Program aims to train upcoming generations of multidisciplinary health equity researchers, particularly those underrepresented in science and/or from rural backgrounds.
