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.
The fellowships were developed to enhance medical students’ understanding of health disparities, political and social inequalities, and health care inequities experienced by Black Americans.
The grants of up to $500 are intended to support humanities-related programming and expenses related to speaker fees and/or event logistics. Individuals in any UK college or department are eligible to apply.
The facility includes a Bod Pod, which evaluates body composition for lean muscle mass and body fat, and a Quark Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) system that measures the number of calories a person burns while at rest.
The partnership creates new opportunities for to better serve patients throughout Kentucky, southern Ohio and West Virginia by expanding health care services throughout the region.
Jazmen Fugate and Jayla Ledford of Perry County became the first two certified community health workers as part of the Students Striving Toward Better Health in Self and Community initiative.
University of Kentucky Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) earned two special recognitions at the annual Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation Awards.
