A weekly newsletter for all University of Kentucky College of Public Health faculty, staff, and health champions in Kentucky and beyond! | |
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UK Spring 2023 Commencement Ceremony
We recently celebrated our graduates and future public health champions at the UK Spring 2023 Commencement Ceremony. We had approximately 120 CPH students receive their degrees and now embark on those important next steps in their personal and professional journeys. Let's continue to celebrate, support, and stay connected them. Check out event pictures here!
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National Nurses Month 2023!
The American Nurses Association is kicking off its annual month-long celebration that allows for greater opportunities to promote understanding and appreciation of the invaluable contributions of nurses! As part of this celebration and appreciation, CPH will be promoting nurses that make an impact in public health. The theme this year is "You Make A Difference: Anytime, Anywhere – Always!" Have an idea to recognize for this month? Submit to the Marcom team!
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May is Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month!
May is AAPI Heritage Month, honoring the contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islanders to our history, society and culture. This year’s theme is “A Seat at the Table,” which highlights the AAPI community’s advancements and achievements, and calls for their continued equity and inclusion in society, importance of family gatherings and sharing meals in Asian and Pacific Islander cultures. Have an idea to recognize for this month? Submit to the Marcom team!
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Mental Health in Shift Workers One-Pager
May is Mental Health Awareness Month! To elevate the importance of mental health, KIPRC Programs’ FindHelpNow and Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance have come together for Mental Health Awareness Month to create a one-pager of recommendations for workplaces to support mental health of shift workers.
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UK alum promoted to Air Force Major, prepares for new role at the Pentagon
UK alum Marcus A. Hincks, MHA, CHFP, was recently promoted to Major in the US Air Force in a special ceremony attended by friends, family, and colleagues at Sheppard AFB, Texas. In addition, Maj. Hincks is assuming a new role as the Fellow, Air Force Budget Programs at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. in July of 2023.
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2023 Kentucky Harm Reduction Summit set for June 14-15
Registration for the annual Kentucky Harm Reduction Summit is now open. The Summit will be held at EKU's Richmond campus (June 14 & 15th) and provides the opportunity for officials to learn about harm reduction/disease prevention strategies and to broaden the impact of harm reduction operations throughout Kentucky. This two-day event is FREE and will be held in-person.
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The 19th annual TCOM Conference – “Lex Go! Pop Health”
IPH-C is excited to announce the 19th annual TCOM Conference – “Lex Go! Pop Health”- taking place on October 4-6, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Lexington, Kentucky. This event brings together the latest research, innovative practices, and current trends in population health!
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Alzheimer’s disease poses an enormous public health burden and is highly heritable. Genetic association studies have to date identified over 70 genomic loci associated with Alzheimer’s disease, but the clinical diagnosis phenotypes used in most studies do not reflect the complexity of the underlying neuropathologies.
This dissertation work provides new insights into the genetic risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease by investigating genetic factors of two classes of endophenotypes: 1) autopsy-based measures of neuropathological burden and 2) MRI-based brain volume measurements.
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"Farmer suicides among states reporting violent deaths, 2003–2017," Norrod, P. E., Sanderson, W. T., Abner, E. L., Seals, J., & Browning, S.
Abstract: Research suggests that farmer suicide rates are at least twofold higher than the general population. In estimating rates, prior research considered suicide events among farmers together with farmworkers, fishing, and forestry occupations and included nonfarming populations in the defined at-risk populations (i.e., denominators). In this study, we sought to define and differentiate farmer suicide decedents from other agricultural occupations, estimate U.S. farmer suicide rates, and evaluate rate time trends.
"Data Provision and Data Protection: A Natural Experiment with HIV and Syphilis Surveillance Data in the United States," Chris Delcher, Yanning Wang, Amanda V Gusovsky, Joseph Benitez
Abstract: Public release of health data typically requires statistical disclosure limitation (SDL) but scant research demonstrates how real-world SDL affects data usability. Recent changes of federal data re-release policy allow a pseudo-counterfactual comparison of HIV and syphilis data suppression rules.
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