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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Colon Cancer Project Featured on Healthy People 2020 Website

Hazard, Ky. (Mar. 24, 2014) – Kentucky Homeplace has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People 2020 initiative for their work to improve colorectal cancer screening rates. Colorectal cancer is a serious concern in Kentucky, where the incidence and...

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Kentucky Rural Health Clinic Summit

Register to be a participant in the first ever Kentucky Rural Health Clinic Summit on May 16th, 2014. In an effort to better serve Kentucky’s Rural Health Clinics the Kentucky Office of Rural Health plans to host Kentucky’s inaugural RHC Summit on May16th, 2014. The one-day RHC Summit will take...

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First MLS Class Graduates

The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health in Hazard announces the graduation of its first cohort of Medical Laboratory Science students. The MLS program in Hazard provides cutting-edge training in the growing medical laboratory science field. Graduates earn a Bachelor of...

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Award from Appalachian Innovation Collaborative

UK Health Careers Enrichment Camp Receives Award from Appalachian Innovation Collaborative By Beth Bowling Dec 10, 2013 HAZARD, Ky. (Dec. 11, 2013) – The Health Careers Enrichment Camp offered each summer by the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) and the Southeast...

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Mobile Dental Outreach Program

Congratulations to Dr. Nikki Stone, DMD, Mobile Dental Outreach Director for UK North Fork Valley! Dr. Stone's mobile outreach program was recently recognized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as an innovative model for providing preventive oral health services at Head Start programs and...

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College & Department News

4/14/2014 - Employee Band to Perform at UK Chandler Hospital Atrium

4/9/2014 - Deadline extended for UK/AHEC Summer Health Careers Enrichment Camp

4/4/2014 - New Research Opportunity

4/3/2014 - Colon Cancer Project Featured on Healthy People 2020 Website

4/2/2014 - Silent Auction Benefits Shoulder to Shoulder Clinic in Ecuador

Upcoming Events

Apr
29

Grant Writing 201: Putting Your
9:00am (Workshop)

May
16

Kentucky Rural Health Clinic Summit
7:00am (Workshop)

Jun
5

TBD
12:00pm (DDLS)

Meet our Director

Fran Feltner

Dr. Fran Feltner, a longtime nurse and lay health worker administrator, began her term as the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health’s director on June...

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The Center of Excellence in Rural Health

Colon Cancer Project Featured on Healthy People 2020 Website

Kentucky Rural Health Clinic Summit

First MLS Class Graduates

Award from Appalachian Innovation Collaborative

Mobile Dental Outreach Program

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Center of Excellence in Rural Health