The newly redesigned ambassador program’s mission is to increase awareness and create opportunities for students to actively engage in research and creative scholarship.
Three graduate students received the James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia, and four graduate students and one undergraduate student received the center's Eller and Billings Student Research Award.
The program offers Appalachian Kentucky high school and undergraduate students opportunities to gain cancer research, clinical, outreach and educational experiences.
The Summer Training in Environmental Health and Pharmacological Sciences (STEPS) program provides hands-on research experience, career coaching and mentorship to undergraduate students aspiring to become health care providers and scientists.