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A Resolution for the State: Take Responsible Steps to Reduce Tobacco Burden

Jan 12, 2016

The following op-ed by Dean Janie Heath and Professor Ellen has was published in the Louisville Courier-Journal on January 11, 2015. Our New Year’s resolution is for Kentucky to breathe clean air and build its economic strength by investing in the health of our loved ones and in future generations.

Dr. Jenna Hatcher receives funding for her project “Using Texting and Social Media to Reduce Multiple Risk Factors for CRC in Rural Appalachians”

Dec 22, 2015

Associate Professor Jenna Hatcher received a one-year, $25,000 award, for her project “Using Texting and Social Media to Reduce Multiple Risk Factors for CRC in Rural Appalachians,” from the Markey Cancer Center's Center Support Grant Pilot Funding mechanism. With this award, Dr. Hatcher and her team (Drs.

LGBT HealthLink Blog post by Dr. Amanda Fallin: 50 Years of Progress and Kentucky’s LGB Youth Smoke at Disproportionately High Rates

Dec 21, 2015

Assistant Research Professor Amanda Fallin wrote a blog post for the The Network for the LGBT Health Equity's HealthLink, which is community-driven network of advocates and professionals looking to enhance LGBT health by eliminating tobacco use, and enhancing diet and exercise.

The People Behind our Research: College of Nursing’s Jenna Hatcher Seeks to Reduce Health Disparities

Dec 17, 2015

Associate Professor Jenna Hatcher spent two decades working as nurse in the clinical areas of critical, intensive and psychiatric care before beginning her academic career. No matter where she worked, she noticed a recurring problem in health care: different groups of people experienced different health outcomes.

CON Faculty members and UK Community Help Turnaround Academic Performance at William Wells Brown

Dec 7, 2015

Associate Professor Elizabeth Salt working with a student from Williams Wells Brown Elementary School. CON Faculty members and UK Community Help Turnaround Academic Performance at William Wells Brown A student falling behind in math class at William Wells Brown Elementary counted figures on a color-coded worksheet aloud with help from a guest tutor on Oct. 23.

Health Column: Cognitive Therapies Prove Effective for Treating Low Back Pain

Nov 24, 2015

This health column, by Associate Professor Elizabeth Salt, first appeared in the Lexington Herald-Leader on Nov. 22. Low back pain affects 67 to 84 percent of people residing in industrialized nations, including the United States, and is responsible for more lost workdays than any other health condition.

College of Nursing PhD Student Receives Baptist Health Fellowship

Nov 23, 2015

Pictured from left to right: Dean Heath, Andrew Bugajski, Dorothy Brockopp, and Terry Lennie. College of Nursing PhD student Andrew Bugajski received the Fellowship in Nursing Research from Baptist Health to advance its effort in creating a team of young PhD students interested in conducting research. Bugajski, a 23 year-old from Cincinnati, received his BSN from the UK College of Nursing in December of 2014 and currently works in the Medicine West ICU at UK while working toward his PhD in nursing.

Undergraduate Nursing Students and Faculty Showcase Research

Nov 23, 2015

Undergraduate research interns and their mentors at the College of Nursing participated in the first ever research presentations given in an effort to spread knowledge of their findings and advance the nursing practice on Oct. 21 and Nov. 18. “These presentations facilitate the dissemination of research findings by the undergraduate research interns as beginning scientists to peers and future colleagues and provide a venue for them to discuss the implications of the findings for improving healthcare and health outcomes,” said Associate Professor Gia Mudd-Martin, RN, MPH, PhD.

The UK College of Nursing Remembers Friday, November 13

Nov 20, 2015

A week ago today, lives were destroyed by a series of attacks in Paris, Baghdad and Beirut as well as natural disasters in Japan and Mexico. It was a devastating day—and now, more than ever, we must stand as one, united as global citizens. One victim was Nohemi Gonzalez, a student of California State University, Long Beach studying in France. Our campus community aches for Gonzalez, his family and school. To the people of Paris, Baghdad, Beirut, Japan and Mexico, we ache for you. We extend our thoughts and greatest sympathy to the families and friends of every victim.

College of Nursing Doctoral Student Receives competitive research award from Delta Psi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International

Nov 19, 2015

Tracey Vitori, MSN, MS, M.Ed, APRN, doctoral candidate, received a competitive research award from Delta Psi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International for $1500 to support her dissertation research. The purpose of this study, titled the “Association of psychological distress to surgical outcomes and quality of life in patients and their caregivers after cardiac surgery”, is to evaluate the association of patient and caregiver psychological state (anxiety, depression, hostility) with quality of life in both patient and caregiver, and postoperative complications after cardiac surgery.

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