Community Outreach

UK's BREATHE Helps Teens Advocate for Tobacco-Free Communities

Jan 11, 2018, 8:45 AM

University of Kentucky's BBREATHE team recently partnered with Youth Empowered Solutions (YES) to host tobacco and youth advocacy training for leadership students of Hazard High School, as well as a training session for adult community advocates from around the state on the importance of youth empowerment and mentorship and how to engage youth in advocacy efforts.

UK Researchers Investigating How Public Libraries' Storytimes Support School Readiness

Dec 19, 2017, 8:27 AM

Maria Cahill, associate professor in the UK School of Information Science, has been awarded nearly $400,000 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to investigate how public library storytime programs support school readiness of young children.

UK Colleges Partner to Improve Farm Safety and Health

Dec 15, 2017, 8:43 AM

A strong example of collaboration across UK colleges is aimed at improving farm safety and health in the Commonwealth.

FCC, NCI Working with Markey to Improve Rural Cancer Care via Broadband Access

Dec 14, 2017, 8:48 AM

A new collaboration using resources from the UK Markey Cancer Center, FCC, NCI, and more will evaluate how to use telecommunications to improve access to cancer care for patients in Eastern Kentucky.

First Bridge Clinic to Help Patients Receive Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Dec 13, 2017, 8:49 AM

Through the new First Bridge Clinic, located at the University of Kentucky Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, Walsh, Lofwall and Fanucchi are creating a new setting where patients can receive evidence-based care for OUD.

UK CAER to Take Part in Gobble Grease Toss 2017

Nov 22, 2017, 8:26 AM

The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UK CAER) and other community partners will once again be taking a Thanksgiving leftover and giving it new life as a renewable fuel.

Funding Will Help Expand Access to Perinatal Opioid Program

Nov 17, 2017, 8:24 AM

The Hillman Innovations in Care Program grant will be used to expand access to the PATHways program in communities who may not have the resources available to provide this type of multidisciplinary care to mothers with perinatal opioid use disorder.

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Pharmacy Dean Kip Guy on Addressing Health Disparities & Neglected Diseases

Nov 9, 2017, 8:14 AM

Kip Guy shares his research on neglected diseases, his goals as dean of the College of Pharmacy, and how pharmacy researchers are addressing the opioid epidemic.

UK Center for Health Services Research Collaborates with Health Departments to Study Injection Drug Use

Nov 2, 2017, 9:18 AM

Hilary Surratt, an associate professor in the UK College of Medicine, is leading a research study to examine barriers rural community members experience when trying to access syringe exchange programs.

'Faith Moves Mountains' Initiative Continues with $3.1 Million Grant to Study Diabetes Care in Appalachia

Nov 1, 2017, 9:26 AM

This fall, Nancy Schoenberg and her team of community and university researchers in the UK College of Medicine and the UK College of Public Health were awarded a new five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to continue the Faith Moves Mountains initiative.

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