Public Health
  • Article
  • Jul 24 2023

George Fuchs, M.D., professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine, has published a multiyear study about opportunities to improve clinical care for children in lower and middle-income nations around the world.

  • Podcast
  • Jun 8 2023

Michael Cull and Tiffany Lindsey discuss the Center for Innovation in Population Health’s goals and how the College of Public Health hopes to utilize the Center to improve upon social determinants of health in the population, and more.

  • Article
  • Apr 24 2023

The Center for Innovation in Population Health announces the 19th annual Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management (TCOM) Conference, titled “Lex Go! Pop Health,” taking place Oct. 4-6 at the Hyatt Regency Lexington.

  • Podcast
  • Mar 30 2023

On this episode of ‘Behind the Blue’, Dean Heather Bush (College of Public Health) talks about her journey from statistics to public health, the variety of disciplines in the college and how their work impacts our daily lives, and what the College has planned for the 2023 National Public Health Week coming up April 3-9.

  • Podcast
  • Mar 23 2023

On this episode of ‘Behind the Blue’, Dr. Emily Marcinkowski (Markey Cancer Center) talks about her drive to be a problem solver, how surgery presents her with tangible problems she can act upon, the importance of greater diversity and patient-based inclusivity in the medical field, and more.

  • Article
  • Mar 22 2023

Julie Plasencia, Ph.D., began her career studying Type 2 diabetes. Her research interests have expanded to diet-related health disparities in low-resource communities and how culture influences dietary behaviors in Latino communities.

  • Article
  • Feb 20 2023

Destin George Bell graduated from UK in 2020 with a degree in marketing from the Gatton College of Business and Economics. He’s now the CEO and co-founder of the smartphone app Card.io, a gamified app turning any outdoor movement into a social competition.

  • Article
  • Feb 8 2023

Mosoka P. Fallah, Ph.D., University of Kentucky alumnus and a 2014 Time Magazine Person of the Year, will serve as the keynote presenter for the Global Health Case Competition.

  • Article
  • Jan 19 2023

Two UK graduate students are dedicating time to help firefighters in Lexington, taking their expertise in athletic training and expanding it to this very in-need group.

  • Video
  • Nov 29 2022

Originally from Ghana, first-generation student Princess Magor Agbozo came to the University of Kentucky with a desire to help others. Now a junior in the UK College of Public Health (CPH), Agbozo feels that she has grown over the past few years as a student.