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Melinda Ickes
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2021) Designed to help higher education institutions address the use of e-cigarettes and vaping products on campuses, a new white paper published by the American College Health Association provides expert advice from University of Kentucky faculty member Melinda Ickes.
The paper was proposed and co-authored by Ickes, an associate professor of health promotion and director of graduate studies in the UK College of Education Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion. Ickes worked collaboratively with co-authors Jennifer Cofer, of University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Thomas Hall, of the Orange County Government Drug-Free Office; and Delynne Wilco, of University of Alabama. The paper was published through the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Coalition of the American College Health Association.
Craig Wilmhoff, Autumn Gwin, Raegan Simpson and Haley Hurd from Perry County Central High School in Hazard, KY at Appalachian Research Day 2019 (photo provided by Craig Wilmhoff)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 7, 2021) – Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that seeps up from the ground and into homes, schools, work sites, and other indoor spaces. Radon is colorless, tasteless and odorless and can cause lung cancer; you would have no way of knowing if it has infiltrated your home unless you test for it. Yet, few people test for the radioactive gas.
A group of high school students and their teachers in eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio are hoping to change that.