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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Health Careers Enrichment Camp

The Health Careers Enrichment Camp will run June 12th – 25th at the Center of Excellence in Rural Health. The camp, an annual joint project with the UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health and the Southeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center (AHEC) will host twenty 9th and 10th graders, and...

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UK COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK MSW GRADUATES

UK CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN RURAL HEALTH RECOGNIZES UK COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK MSW GRADUATES By Shane Allen Hazard, Ky. (May 23, 2013) – The University of Kentucky (UK) Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) recognized the 2013 graduates of UK’s Southeast Kentucky Masters of Social Work (SEKY...

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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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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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College & Department News

6/17/2013 - UK College of Medicine Students Prepare for Annual Free Community Health Fair Set for Sept. 8

6/12/2013 - Health Careers Enrichment Camp

6/12/2013 - UK Scientists Discover Inner-Ear Repair Mechanism

6/7/2013 - Personal Impact: Iraq War Veteran Studies Neurotrauma at UK

Upcoming Events

07/16/2013 - 3:00pm - Doctorate in Physical Therapy Information Session - (Information Session)

09/05/2013 - 12:00pm - "The Molecules and Mechanisms of Heart Development, Disease and Regeneration" - (DDLS)

09/08/2013 - 1:00pm - Community Health Fair - (Community Event)

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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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