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Map of the state of Kentucky with counties outlined displaying the levels of radon potential based on rock types across the state.

UK researchers expand access to radon mitigation in Kentucky with $2.6 million grant

By Rick Childress Nov 21, 2024

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 13, 2024) — When people breathe in radon gas, they are more likely to develop lung cancer, particularly when they also breathe tobacco smoke. Radon, a radioactive gas, occurs naturally when uranium breaks down in rock and soil.

UK Researchers' Study Focuses on Preventing Deaths of Pregnant Women

By: Lindsay Travis Sep 26, 2023

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 26, 2023) — A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky is working to reduce the number of deaths and injuries among pregnant and postpartum women through an online training program for UK students in helping professions across nine UK colleges.

CHANGE Team seeking intermittent data collectors to support Fit & Faithful project

Apr 11, 2023

The CHANGE Team is seeking intermittent data collectors to support the Fit & Faithful project. Data collectors will be paid and receive mileage reimbursement. For more information please see the flyer and or contact Erika Karle, Erika.karle@uky.edu.

Markey study: New program shows promise in reducing financial burden of cancer care

by UKNow Mar 30, 2023

The rising cost of cancer care puts patients and their caregivers at increased risk of experiencing financial toxicity, a term used to describe financial hardship caused by out-of-pocket treatment costs. A new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study published in JCO Oncology Practice found that the use of a financial navigator can significantly reduce financial toxicity for patients with hematologic cancer and their caregivers.

Group working with UK researchers to meaningfully involve people who use drugs

by UKNow Feb 7, 2023

A group of University of Kentucky researchers in the Substance Use Priority Research Area (SUPRA) is working to make studies more responsive and inclusive. The group formed a community advisory board, called the Survivors Union of the Bluegrass (SUB), including those who identify as people who use drugs and/or people in non-abstinence-based recovery.

Dr. Hartley Feld Publishes Safe Infant Sleep paper in Ecuador

Jan 26, 2023

UK College of Nursing's Hartley Feld, PhD, MSN, has published a Safe Infant Sleep research paper in Ecuador.

Nursing researcher to study service provision for older adults experiencing homelessness

Dec 14, 2022

By James Hayhurst LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 14, 2022) — The number of older adults experiencing homelessness (OAEH), especially in the age 50 and over category, is increasing in the United States. This is leading to an increased number of OAEH with chronic and often life-threatening illnesses. How do members of this population get their basic needs met? How can they get treatment for their conditions and how can healthcare providers best treat these patients?

Shoulder to Shoulder Global program awarded USAID grant

Nov 14, 2022

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 14, 2022) — The University of Kentucky’s Shoulder to Shoulder Global (STSG) program and Department of Pediatrics have been awarded a grant of $421,000 from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand the nonprofit collaborative Centro de Salud Hombro a Hombro health center (CSHH) as an educational and empowerment site in Santo Domingo, Ecuador.

College of Nursing Researcher Abbie Latimer Receives Grant to Study Service Provision for Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness and Serious Illnesses

Oct 7, 2022

The number of Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness (OAEH), especially in the age 50 and over category, is increasing in the United States. This is leading to an increased number of OAEH with chronic and often life-threatening illnesses. How do members of this population get their basic needs met? How can they get treatment for their conditions and how can healthcare providers best treat these patients?

UK-CARES awarded grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Sep 14, 2022

UK-CARES (E. Hahn, PI) has received a 12-month, $229,500 award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The grant is a cost extension to the UK-CARES Environmental Health Sciences Core Center to continue to build the research infrastructure and community-academic partnerships to advance environmental health science at UK.

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