Global Health at UK

The Global Health Initiative of the University of Kentucky is focused on advancing research, educational programs, and service learning for our faculty and students, with the goal of improving the health of people throughout the world and promoting health equity.


	UK Delegation Visits Cuba, Learns About its Healthcare System A delegation of 20 UK students, hospital administrators, faculty and staff recently returned from Cuba, where through an Education Abroad program they explored the country’s unique health care system. The delegation, led by Peter Berres, retired...
	Cardiologists Visit Oman to Discuss Global Health Care, Lung Cancer and Heart Disease Dr. Sibu Saha and Dr. Thomas Whayne, physicians at UK HealthCare's Gill Heart Institute, recently visited the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Oman to participate in discussions with university physicians on global health care, lung cancer and...
	Global Health Intitiative and People to People Address Health Crisis in Africa Prominent global health leaders, such as the former U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia David Shinn; the Ethiopian Minister of Health, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; and Senior Investigator at the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH), Eugene Major via...
	UK Students Bring Renewable Energy Technology to Africa While Americans may complain about fuel prices, the availability and access to transportation fuel is something that most can take for granted. Several University of Kentucky College of Engineering students from the Paducah campus recently learned...
	UK Among Universities Fighting World Hunger The University of Kentucky, in collaboration with 150 other institutions across the nation, is leading an effort to combat world hunger. Universities Fighting World Hunger (UFWH), a partnership program initiated by Auburn University and the UN...
	UK's Shoulder to Shoulder Global Recognized as Exemplary Program What began as a small medical mission trip to Ecuador in 2002 for a group of pediatric medical residents led by Dr. Thomas Young, professor of pediatrics at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, has evolved over the years into a large...