November 8th, 2021
A Weekly Newsletter for all University of Kentucky College of Public Health community and health champions in Kentucky and beyond!
News, Events, and Success Stories
Doctoral Dissertation - Courtney Walker and Christopher Watts
We are excited to have two upcoming doctoral defenses, Christopher Watts (HMP) and Courtney Walker (EPI/Bio), on November 15th and 16th respectively. We encourage those that are interested in attending to join this big day for our doctoral students.
Differences in access to care, unequal distributions of risk factors and prevalence of chronic diseases are documented nationally among Latino subgroups. To build a better Kentucky we need to address and understand the health of Latino Kentuckians.

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The Kentucky Blood Center will be hosting the 34th annual "Big Blue Crush" blood drive from Nov. 15 - 19th, which is a friendly competition between UK and the University of Tennessee. They are seeking donors to help put more blood on the shelves at local hospitals for the Thanksgiving holidays.
HMP Faculty Retreat!
The recent HMP faculty retreat offered a collaborative opportunity to discuss departmental goals and priorities for next year. In addition, they identified past successes to build on and barriers in order to move the department forward.
SEAS/Recruitment

These virtual info sessions invites prospective candidates to learn more about the value of our MHA, MPH and applicable graduate certifications. Candidates will get the right mix of information and inspiration as they hear from faculty, alumni, current students and CPH staff.
KIPRC

Kentucky saw more homicide-suicide incidents in the first 10 months of 2020 than in the previous 15 years. While the calendar has flipped from October and Domestic Violence Awareness Month, health professionals want individuals to know that domestic violence, including homicide-suicide, can happen at any time to anyone.


The amount of medications in homes today is more than ever before, increasing the risk of unintentional, unsupervised ingestions of medicine and other poisons. Safe Kids Fayette County is presenting an educational webinar as a call to action of how all parents and child advocates can reverse the trend of home poisonings to children at greatest risk.
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