University of Kentucky researchers are leading a study to find out why people in the Appalachian region of Kentucky are some of the nation's most sleep deprived. Their findings will help inform interventions to reduce sleep disparities among rural Kentuckians.
UNITE community panelists: (Top, left to right) Olga McKissic, Shameka Parrish-Wright, Donovan Taylor; (Bottom, left to right) Rosa Martin, Stephen Overstreet, Tiffany Clark.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 23, 2021) University of Kentucky administrators, faculty, staff and students engaged with a diverse panel of Kentucky community leaders to identify research priorities to address racial equity across the Commonwealth.
On April 15, a virtual event was hosted by UNited In True racial Equity (UNITE) UK’s newest research priority area (RPA), which aims to support research focused on racial disparities and inequity and recruit and retain racially diverse faculty, staff and students at UK.
“Facilitating these important conversations is just one of the ways UNITE is working to bridge the gap between UK and people of color when it comes to research,” said UK’s Assistant Vice President for Research in Diversity & Inclusion Danelle Stevens-Watkins, Ph.D., who leads the RPA. “Connecti