With UK researchers on the forefront of fighting the opioid crisis, their message to members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate emphasized the need for continued federal funding of research addressing drug addiction and abuse.
The American Heart Association awarded its Population Research Prize for 2017 to Donna K. Arnett, dean of the UK College of Public Health and professor of epidemiology.
The UK College of Public Health and the Commonwealth of Kentucky will receive funding over the next three years from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. DOJ, to implement, "Data-driven Response to Prescription Drug Misuse in Kentucky."
Glen Mays, UK CPH, is recipient of the 2017 Health Administration Section Excellence in Health Administration Award from the American Public Health Association.
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.
With a $1.16 million grant from five federal agencies, UK researcher Dr. April Young will work with public health organizations and universities across the country to combat the opioid epidemic in 12 Eastern Kentucky counties.
