College of Public Health

UK ASCEND welcomes new cohorts of scholars to address health disparities

Jan 14, 2025, 7:01 AM

UK's Achieving Success in Community-Engaged research to elimiNate Disparities (UK ASCEND) is pleased to announce the selection of its second and third cohorts of ASCEND Scholars.

2025 CCTS Spring Conference: Call for Abstracts and Mentor Nominations

Jan 8, 2025, 7:20 AM

The UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science invites abstracts and mentor award nominations for its 20th annual Spring Conference to be held April 1.

2025 Public Health Showcase

Apr 21, 2025, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

The 2025 Public Health Showcase will be held in person on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the University of Kentucky Gatton Student Center, 2nd floor, Grand Ballroom ABC. This event is a unique opportunity for sharing recent and on-going work in public health research, practice, and teaching. To encourage networking, all presentations will be in a poster format. UK CPH students, faculty, staff, community partners, and collaborators are invited to submit an abstract for either a research poster presentation and/or a non-research poster presentation.

Public Health student uses wristbands to study East Palestine chemical exposure

Dec 19, 2024, 7:27 AM

Sydney Shafer, a doctorate student at the UK College of Public Health, is on a mission to better understand air quality and chemical exposures in East Palestine, Ohio, following the derailment of a freight train carrying hazardous materials.

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Provost IMPACT Awards celebrate 2nd year of collaborative discovery

Dec 16, 2024, 8:24 AM

The IMPACT Awards initiative is an internal funding program from the Office of the Provost designed to support innovation and transformation within UK’s colleges.

MPH student Amara Danturthi works to enhance workplace safety during internship

Nov 13, 2024, 9:54 AM

Amara Danturth spent her summer interning with the State of Wisconsin’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration consultation service and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

UK researchers expand access to radon mitigation in Kentucky with $2.6 million grant

Nov 13, 2024, 8:04 AM

Researchers form multiple organizations at UK and around the commonwealth are working together to learn how best to protect the public from radon exposure.

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‘I am a UK Innovator’: College of Public Health’s John Lyons

Oct 23, 2024, 7:08 AM

John Lyons describes Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management, a framework for managing systems, organizations, and programs whose mission to help people change their lives.

Decoding dementia: Sanders-Brown researchers uncover genetic keys

Oct 9, 2024, 7:26 AM

Work by several researchers within UK's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging was recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Genetics.

One Health Symposium

Nov 1, 2024, 8:00 AM – 3:45 PM

To celebrate International One Health Day, the Gatton Foundation One Health Grand Challenge team is pleased to invite you to the One Health Symposium on Friday, November 1, 2024. Hear from featured speakers, join interactive poster sessions and participate in a roundtable discussion while learning how One Health improves the health of people, animals and the environment. Agenda and speaker information available on the event page. Click to visit the event page.

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