The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has approved 16 University Research Professors for the 2023-24 academic year. The professorships program recognizes excellence across the full spectrum of research at UK.
The University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) will host its 17th Annual Spring Conference on April 5, focusing on climate and health and featuring a keynote address and book signing with Robert Bullard, Ph.D., considered the father of environmental justice.
LEXINGTON, Ky.
(April 20, 2021) Every two years, the John P. Wyatt, M.D. Environment & Health Symposium honors the legacy of its namesake, a pathologist who, over 50 years ago, connected air pollution with lung disease. The 2021 Symposium honoring his pioneering environmental clinical research will be held on Earth Day, April 22, from noon to 3 p.m EDT. The event is free and open to all; registration is required.
Howard Frumkin, MD, professor emeritus of environmental and occupational health sciences and former dean of the University of Washington School of Public Health, will give a keynote address on “Planetary Health: Human Well-Being on a Fast-Changing Planet.” Frumkin is a world-renowned internist, occupational and environmental medicine specialist and epidemiologist. He is the former director of the National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Special Assis