A weekly newsletter for all UK College of Public Health faculty, staff, and health champions in Kentucky and beyond! | |
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Join us on One Day for UK
For One Day for UK, on April 19th, we are asking for our community to support the College of Public Health Excellence Fund, which provides support into areas with the greatest need, making a big impact by strengthening every area of the college!
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National Public Health Week is captured in 1-minute video
The recent 2023 National Public Health Week (NPHW) delivered a suite of fun events and activities, showcasing the unique and joyful ways our different cultures focus on health. Were you unable to attend OR perhaps want to take a trip down memory lane? Here’s a fun recap video for you. Enjoy!
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FindHelpNow Team Visits Local Recovery Community Organization
The FindHelpNowKY.org team recently visited Voices of Hope, a local substance use disorder (SUD) recovery community organization in Lexington, to demonstrate the newly launched FindRecoveryHousingNowKY.org and to give the FindHelpNowKY.org website a refresher to the recovery coaching staff.
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Welcome to the new Community Corner! This provides a glimpse of our public health practice, and collaboration between leaders and our CPH faculty, staff & students, in the community and in the classroom. Want to submit content? Contact Christopher Carney, Director of Marketing and Communications. | |
Dr. Shericka Smith, Coordinator of ESS, Social Work, and Mental Health Services at Fayette County Public Schools Kentucky (FCPSKY), recently spoke in Dr. Sarah Cprek's ACEs undergraduate class about the important work that FCPSKY is doing to support children impacted by trauma. | | |
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CPH Awards Night
On May 4th, CPH invites our faculty, staff, students, and special guests and friends to the 2023 CPH Awards Night event — an opportunity to celebrate each other and recognize outstanding achievements. Join us for a fun celebration, food, and fellowship at the Gatton Student Center in the Ballroom on campus.
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University of Kentucky 2023 Commencement Ceremony
UK has announced dates and times for its May 2023 Commencement Ceremonies. For the College of Public Health, our ceremony will take place on Friday, May 5, at 9 a.m. at Rupp Arena in the Central Bank Center. Join us and help us celebrate our graduates and future public health champions!
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John P. Wyatt, M.D. Environment & Health Symposium 2023
The John P. Wyatt, M.D. Environment & Health Symposium 2023 on April 20th honors the legacy of Dr. John P. Wyatt and his pioneering environmental clinical research on air pollution and lung pathology. Universities and agencies from across the state have partnered to present research and practice on environment and its impacts on health with specific emphasis on Kentucky.
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UNITE Research Showcase to highlight racial equity work at UK
UK’s UNited In True racial Equity (UNITE) Research Priority Area will host its second annual research showcase on Tuesday, April 18. The 2023 UNITE Research Showcase is centered around elevating and promoting the importance of racial equity research at UK, across the Commonwealth and beyond.
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EPI-Biostats Lecture Series: Dr. Rui Wang
CPH welcomes Dr. Rui Wang, Associate Professor of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Division of Biostatistics in the Department of Population Medicine at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute & Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, as a guest speaker to the next EPI-Biostats lecture series on April 20th.
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BERD Bites Learn at Lunch
You're invited to the next Bringing Information and Training to Educate Scholars (BITES), hosted by the CCTS Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Research Design (BERD) Core on April 24th. Anthony "Tony" Mangino, PhD, Biomedical Data Scientist at CPH, will be presenting on "Tell me what you really think": Lessons and Principles in Survey Research."
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Lunch & Learn: Transportation Equity and Public Health
The Health, Behavior & Society department welcomes Emma Sartin, PhD, MPH, CPST, Research Scientist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Center for Injury Research and Prevention, on April 27th at 12pm - 1:30pm at the 90 (Teall Room 203) on campus (Zoom option available).
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