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UK researchers secure grant to enhance understanding, improve child welfare systems

May 9, 2024, 7:11 AM

Two researchers are using their experience and expertise to conduct an innovative study aimed at improving the child welfare system and supporting families across the Commonwealth.

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KOSHS highlights ladder safety for National Safety Stand-Down Week

May 6, 2024, 7:00 AM

The Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance (KOSHS) program has released a Hazard Alert to bring awareness about increasing risks associated with ladder-related accidents.

SMRI researchers to study Air Force health demands with $3.4M grant

Dec 20, 2023, 7:21 AM

A Sports Medicine Research Institute researcher was awarded a $3.4 million grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory to study the health demands of special tactics to support airmen and create a plan to reduce their risk of job-related injuries.

UK Social Work to house Child Well-Being Research Institute

Jun 15, 2023, 7:47 AM

The College of Social Work will be the new home for the Child Well-Being Research Institute, which houses the Child Well-Being Research Network.

UK creates Department of Research Safety to support research community

May 25, 2023, 6:45 AM

Research Safety will provide tailored client-centered services to the UK research community, expanding and enhancing safety and compliance activities for labs utilizing biological, radiological or chemical hazards.

May 1-6 is National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction Week

May 1, 2023, 7:17 AM

Created in 2014 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). the 10th annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction will be held May 1-5, 2023

Health Sciences, Education awarded $1.1 million FEMA grant to study firefighter injuries

Dec 21, 2022, 8:24 AM

Researchers from the College of Health Sciences and College of Education have received a $1.1 million grant from FEMA to serve as principal investigators on a new study to promote injury mitigation, better work outcomes and a reduction in financial burdens for firefighters.

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Stephen Ware’s NSF-funded Research Trains Police in De-escalation

Jul 12, 2022, 7:13 AM

For police officers, de-escalation training is critical — greatly reducing the use of force and the likelihood that anyone will be hurt during a confrontation. That’s where the research of Stephen Ware, assistant professor in the College of Engineering, comes in.

CARERC Gives UK Researchers Tools to Uncover Safety Concerns in the Workplace

Jun 14, 2022, 7:03 AM

The Central Appalachian Regional Education and Research Center (CARERC) at UK is one of 18 university-based occupational safety and health training programs sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Nikiforos Stamatiadis Awarded Greek Diaspora Fellowship

Jul 7, 2020, 8:27 AM

The Greek Diaspora Fellowship Program is a scholar exchange program for Greek universities to host Greek scholars from the diaspora in the areas of collaborative research, curriculum co-development and/or graduate/undergraduate student mentoring and teaching.

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