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,...
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...
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...
Seed Grants Build Relationships for Community-Engaged Research in Appalachia
By Mallory Powell
Dec 04, 2013
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 5, 2013) – David Gross watched his mother care for her mother, who had Alzheimer’s disease. He also saw the toll the disease took, not just on his grandmother, but on...
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...
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...
