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UK awarded $19 million to research tobacco regulation in Appalachia, inform FDA

The University of Kentucky will be home to a new research center focused on tobacco regulations in the Commonwealth named the Appalachian Tobacco Regulatory Science Team (AppalTRuST).

16 faculty named 2023-2024 University Research Professors

On Friday, April 28, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved 16 University Research Professors for the 2023-24 academic year.

CCTS 2023 Spring Conference: Translating Equity into Action

Translating Equity into Action Monday, March 27, 2023  ·  UK Gatton Student Center  ·  Lexington, KY Registration open until March 20, 2023 (Register here)

Group working with UK researchers to meaningfully involve people who use drugs

A group of University of Kentucky researchers in the Substance Use Priority Research Area (SUPRA) is working to make studies more responsive and inclusive. The group formed a community advisory board, called the Survivors Union of the Bluegrass (SUB), including those who identify as people who use drugs and/or people in non-abstinence-based recovery.

UK Collaborates to Offer Disaster Preparedness Toolkit for Older Adults

The Kentucky River Area Development District and several centers at the University of Kentucky have collaborated on a natural disaster preparedness toolkit designed for older adults.

UK College of Nursing’s Zim Okoli Named President-Elect of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Zim Okoli, Ph.D., University of Kentucky College of Nursing professor, has been selected as president-elect for the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA). 

UK College of Nursing’s Zim Okoli to be Inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing

The academy is an honorific society that recognizes nursing's most accomplished leaders in policy, research, practice, administration, and academia.

UK College of Nursing’s Evelyn Parrish Named the 2021 Psychiatric Nurse of the Year

UK College of Nursing faculty member Evelyn Parrish was recognized by the American Psychiatric Nurses Association for her standout clinical leadership and providing exceptional mental health patient service and care.

UK Nurse Researcher Named Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow

Kristin Ashford, Ph.D., is one of only six health professionals from across the country joining the prestigious, yearlong fellowship program.

HEAL, Voices of Hope to Host Transformational Housing Learning Collaborative

UK’s HEALing Communities Study and Voices of Hope are teaming up for the free virtual June Learning Collaborative, “Come as You Are: Transformational Housing.”