UK Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences UK-CARES

UK-CARES

University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences

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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UK-CARES selects FRESH Cohort 2026

Future Researchers in Environmental Health Sciences (FRESH)

Congratulations to Dr. Yisi Liu, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky's 2026 FRESH Cohort! The FRESH program promotes the research and career development of promising early career scientists within NIEHS P30 Centers and fosters novel collaborations between researchers.

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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