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Healthy WAY Proposals Being Accepted From Rural Kentucky High Schools

The leadership development and research training program is designed to empower rural Kentucky high school students with skills to identify and develop solutions to health and social issues.

'UK at the Half': Philip Kern

"UK at the Half" airs during halftime of each UK football and basketball game broadcast and features the people, programs, research, health care and service that combine to make UK the university for Kentucky.

Intergenerational Initiative Will Offer Toys with a Purpose in Hazard

Toys with a Purpose is a new intergenerational initiative that will establish a lending library to support child development and promote learning through play by improving access to free adapted toys in Eastern Kentucky.

Appalachian Community Health Days to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts in 32-County Region

The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CERH) and a network of community partners are joining forces to intensify efforts to increase vaccination rates in a 32-county region of Appalachia Kentucky and neighboring counties in West Virginia.

Beverly May Receives 2021 UK-CARES Community Engagement Award

Beverly May, Dr.P.H., won this year’s UK-CARES award for her contributions to health care as a family nurse practitioner in Appalachian Kentucky.

UK Appalachian Center to Showcase Student Research on Appalachia

This series will feature presentations from graduate and undergraduate students covering topics ranging from poetry to cancer research to education to local foods.

Markey’s ACTION Program Develops Cancer Education Curriculum for Appalachian Schools

The curriculum includes information on cancer data and risk factors in the region, follows national and state science and health education standards, and is tailored to cultural aspects of Appalachian Kentucky.

USA Drone Port, UK-CARES and Kentucky Homeplace Partner to Bring PPE to Rural Kentuckians

What do you get when you combine personal protective equipment, drones, lay health advisors and the University of Kentucky? Innovation in Appalachian Kentucky.

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