The Center of Excellence in Rural Health

The UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health was established in 1990 to address health disparities in rural Kentucky, including a chronic shortage of health professionals and residents’ poor health status. The Center accomplishes this through health professionals education, health policy research,...

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KORH STAFF ATTENDS NATIONAL WORKSHOP

Kayla Combs Whitaker and Kimberly Boggs, rural project managers for the Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH), attended the National Rural Health Resource Center (NRHRC) Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Workshop in April in Duluth, Minnesota. Topics at the workshop included national quality...

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UK Health Sciences Professor - Receives Excellence in Teaching Award

Charles Marshall, Ph.D., has been named the 2013 recipient of the UK College of Health Sciences Kingston Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is an instructor in the Division of Physical Therapy whose primary teaching responsibility is to the Center of Excellence in Rural Health in Hazard, KY. He...

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UK Doctorate of Physical Therapy Student to Present Research Findings at National Conference

For one University of Kentucky doctorate of physical therapy (DPT) student, a passion for sports and a talent for physical therapy research have converged to create an extraordinary opportunity: Daniel Eck has been selected to present his research findings at the American Physical Therapy...

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Project CARAT Recycles and Refurbishes Medical Equipment in Eastern Kentucky

Video by UK Research Reveal Media LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 18, 2013) − Many people in the Appalachian region of Kentucky have little or no access to health insurance to assist in paying for medical equipment like walkers, wheelchairs, canes, or crutches. A group of faculty and students at the ...

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5/23/2013 - UK to Host Inaugural Vision Health Care Summit

5/21/2013 - KORH STAFF ATTENDS NATIONAL WORKSHOP

5/16/2013 - UK Health Sciences Professor - Receives Excellence in Teaching Award

5/13/2013 - Bix Receives NIH Funding for Stroke Recovery Research

Upcoming Events

05/29/2013 - 8:30am - Harold P. Freeman Navigation Institute training - (Training)

06/01/2013 - 7:00am - 5th Annual "Women, It’s About You" conference - (Community Event)

06/06/2013 - 12:00pm - “How did our adaptive immune system evolve?” - (DDLS)

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Meet our Director

Fran Feltner, a longtime nurse and lay health worker administrator, began her term as the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health-Hazard’s director on June 1, 2011. Feltner has worked in rural health for 35...

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KORH STAFF ATTENDS NATIONAL WORKSHOP

UK Health Sciences Professor - Receives Excellence in Teaching Award

UK Doctorate of Physical Therapy Student to Present Research Findings at National Conference

Project CARAT Recycles and Refurbishes Medical Equipment in Eastern Kentucky

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