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Philip Westgate, acting chair and professor in the Department of Biostatistics in the UK College of Public Health, has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.

UK Research welcomed Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., the NIH director, to the Healthy Kentucky Research Building — a space dedicated to enabling multidisciplinary teams to find solutions to reduce the health disparities greatly impacting Kentucky.

The second annual Kentucky Innovator Challenge will take place on Thursday, April 11 starting at 8:30 a.m. in Ballrooms 212 A&B in the Gatton Student Center.

George Fuchs, M.D., professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine, has published a multiyear study about opportunities to improve clinical care for children in lower and middle-income nations around the world.

Michael Cull and Tiffany Lindsey discuss the Center for Innovation in Population Health’s goals and how the College of Public Health hopes to utilize the Center to improve upon social determinants of health in the population, and more.

The Center for Innovation in Population Health announces the 19th annual Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management (TCOM) Conference, titled “Lex Go! Pop Health,” taking place Oct. 4-6 at the Hyatt Regency Lexington.

On this episode of ‘Behind the Blue’, Dean Heather Bush (College of Public Health) talks about her journey from statistics to public health, the variety of disciplines in the college and how their work impacts our daily lives, and what the College has planned for the 2023 National Public Health Week coming up April 3-9.

On this episode of ‘Behind the Blue’, Dr. Emily Marcinkowski (Markey Cancer Center) talks about her drive to be a problem solver, how surgery presents her with tangible problems she can act upon, the importance of greater diversity and patient-based inclusivity in the medical field, and more.

Julie Plasencia, Ph.D., began her career studying Type 2 diabetes. Her research interests have expanded to diet-related health disparities in low-resource communities and how culture influences dietary behaviors in Latino communities.

Destin George Bell graduated from UK in 2020 with a degree in marketing from the Gatton College of Business and Economics. He’s now the CEO and co-founder of the smartphone app Card.io, a gamified app turning any outdoor movement into a social competition.