Assistant professor of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Susan Pollack, M.D., was recently named on of two 2015 Public Health Heroes by the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department. The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated dedication to improving the health of residents of the Lexington area. Dr. Pollack manages the Pediatric and Adolescent Injury Prevention Program at the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC).
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Posted: April 13, 2015
Dr. April Young, assistant professor in the department of Epidemiology at the College of Public Health, recently mentored a multidisciplinary group of students who took second place in the 5th annual Emory Global Health Case Competition at Emory University. Dr. Young's team was tasked with developing strategies for reducing gun violence in Honduras, and their presentation was awarded the Participant's Choice Award for best executed presentation and solution.
Posted: April 7, 2015
By now, most Americans are aware of the dangers associated with driving while using a cell phone. But injury prevention experts at the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC) based at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, in partnership with the National Safety Council (NSC), are calling attention to a few surprising facts about distracted driving to encourage safe practices at the wheel.
Posted: March 30, 2015
The UK College of Public Health hosts a panel discussion on Tuesday, March 31st, titled "Balancing Individual Liberties and Public Health in the Childhood Vaccination Policy Debate." The event will feature UK experts in behavioral science, law, and pediatrics, as well as the Kentucky Department for Public Health Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, who will discuss the legal, clinical, behavioral, and public health ramifications of childhood vaccination policies in light of the current measles outbreak. The discussion will be held in the UK Athletics Auditorium, William T. Young Library from Noon-1:00 pm.
Posted: March 23, 2015
Dr. Christina Studts, assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior, was recently awarded a three-year, $450,000 grant from NIMH to improve the delivery of behavioral parent training programs (BPT) in underserved communities. She will partner with health departments in rural Appalachia to increase parent's accessibility to programs that help prevent behavioral disorders in children.
Posted: March 10, 2015
UK College of Public Health has once again been ranked a Top 25 School of Public Health by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings, published March 10th, evaluate schools accredited by Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). The UK College of Public Health is proud of the leadership and support of its exceptional students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends that has made an honor of this kind possible.
Posted: February 26, 2015
College of Public Health assistant professors, Dr. April Young and Dr. Chi Wang have been awarded pilot grants from the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) for their work in innovative, collaborative, health-related research. Dr. Young's project looks at the role social media and mobile applications play in sexual and drug-related networks, and Dr. Wang's project focuses on the development of a model-based bioinformatics method to be used in comparing somatic mutation patterns. These projects join 10 others in this most recent round of CCTS pilot funding.
Posted: February 6, 2015
Christina Studts, PhD, assistant professors in the College of Public Health's Department of Health Behavior, has recently been selected for funding through the Center for Translational Science (CCTS) Pilot Program for a project examining behavioral problems in children who have hearing loss. Dr. Studts will be co-PI with Dr. Matthew Bush, assistant professor in the UK College of Medicine's Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, on the project titled, "Assessing and Addressing Behavioral Problems in Children with Hearing Loss."
Posted: February 4, 2015
The College of Public Health will hold the first lecture of the Spring 2015 semester in its Distinguished Lecture Series on Thursday, February 19th from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm in Nursing Building, Room 115. The lecture, titled "Socially Integrated Multidisciplinary Epidemiology, Prevention, and Care in Public Health," will feature Dr. Samuel Friedman of the National Development Research Institutes, Inc. Lunch will be provided. Those interested in attending should RSVP by Monday, February 16th to Nicole Howard.
Posted: January 30, 2015
Six students from the College of Public Health recently participated in the University of Kentucky's inaugural Global Health Case Competition. In the competition, students were placed on interprofessional teams of 4-5 individuals, with whom they worked over a period of two days to develop a solution to a global health problem. Participants from Public Health included Moaz Abdelwadoud, Shreya Berlia, Brandon Cofield, Stephanie Courtney, Marie Higginson-Rollins, and Marylou Wallace.