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The University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES) is a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Core Center to enhance research capacity focused on major environmental health impacts to air and water quality that have been implicated in environmentally induced disease.

The Center will provide advanced infrastructure and leading expertise, dedicated career development and mentorship, and community-engaged interactions to facilitate innovative discovery and new understandings of environmental factors in disease initiation, progression, and outcomes and their community impacts.

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September CEC Workshop

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 - 1:00 - 4:00 PM (ET), VIRTUAL

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IN THE NEWS UK researcher investigates hidden liver risks facing East Palestine community UK-CARES Funded Pilot Research

A researcher wearing a lab coat, safety glasses and gloves works inside a biosafety cabinet, using a pipette to transfer liquid into a culture flask in a laboratory

Lindsay C. Czuba, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UK College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been awarded a pilot grant through the University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES) to investigate how chronic, low-level vinyl chloride exposure affects liver health and, importantly, how it alters the way the body processes medications.

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State of the Science Annual Meeting

2026 by looking back on a successful 2025 UK-CARES at the annual State of the Science held in January.

Presentations by 2024 & 2025 Pilot, Career Development, and Community-Engaged Research Awardees. Paper of the Year Winners.

Congratulations to our Paper of the Year Awardees

2023

SCIENCE: Cochran JP, Unrine JM, Coyne M, Tsyusko OV. Read more: PubMed

COMMUNITY: Martin KV, Hilbert TJ, Reilly M, Christian WJ, Hoover A, Pennell KG, Ding Q, Haynes EN. Read more: PubMed

2024

SCIENCE: Kohler K, Macheda T, Hobbs MM, Maisel MT, Rodriguez A, Farris L, Wessel CR, Infantino C, Niedowicz DM, Helman AM, Beckett TL, Unrine JM, Murphy MP. Read more: PubMed

COMMUNITY: Unrine JM, McCoy N, Christian WJ, Gautam Y, Ormsbee L, Sanderson W, Draper R, Mooney M, Cromer M, Pennell K, Hoover AG. Read more: PubMed

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