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Anita F. Fernander, Ph.D., ABPBC Diplomate/Fellow, Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science and Chair of CHET's Core Faculty, and Lovoria B. Williams PhD, APRN-BC,FAANP, FAAN, Associate Professor in the College of Nursing and CHET Core Faculty member recently penned an op-ed for the Lexington Herald-Leader on February 11, 2021 entitled "The same Ky. communities most harmed by COVID-19 now face a lack of vaccine access." A brief excerpt and links to the full article are below.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 27, 2021) – Each year, the University of Kentucky’s Students Participating as Ambassadors for Research in Kentucky (SPARK) gives a select group of undergraduates from diverse backgrounds a unique, hands-on research opportunity to prepare them for graduate study in health-related fields.
Award: First Place - $250
Second Place - $100
Overview
As part of CHET’s speaker series, Dr. Edith Williams will be providing a virtual research talk, “"Lupus Out Loud: Journey Into a Health Disparity” Tuesday September 29th from 11:00-12:00 via Zoom. You can register here: http://bit.ly/CHET_EVENT
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 27, 2020) — The American Academy of Nursing has selected three University of Kentucky College of Nursing faculty members, Camille Burnett, Lovoria Williams and Sharon Lock, to be inducted into its 2020 class of Academy Fellows.
Congratulations to Dr. Danelle Stevens Watkins, Assistant Vice President for Research in Diversity and Inclusion, Director of Graduate Studies in the UK College of Education, and CHET Core Faculty member for being chosen to lead the newly established UNITE Research Priority Area.
Racism is a public health threat that undermines health equity. We re-commit to our anti-racist research and training mission and collectively maintain that the egregious injustices perpetrated against Black people--historical and current-did not arise nor will they cease overnight. We have been working to raise the visibility of the goal of health equity through numerous other means-- our training, research, and community outreach.
You can read our full statement at the link below.
On June 23rd from 11:30am-12:30pm Dr. Jennifer Gomez of Wayne State University will host a webinar, “Anti-Black Violence & The University: How Institutional Courage Can Pave The Way For True Equality in Academia”
Jennifer Gomez, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute for Child & Family Development at Wayne State University
You can join the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82612841714?pwd=TFRyekdSSS9IZGc3OFN0cC9Ib1BlZz09 Meeting ID: 826 1284 1714 Password: 223199
Several CHET representatives recently wrote an Op-Ed for the Lexington Herald Leader addressing the disproportionate burden of COVID-19 among the Black population in Lexington. The article, “Racism, injustice are ‘pre-existing conditions’ that lead to racial disparity in COVID-19 cases” can be read online at https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article242404396.html and will be available in print Monday May 4th.
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2020 SPARK Program Call for Applications
Release date: 3/09/2020
Application deadline: 3/26/2020
CHET is pleased to announce a call for applications to the Students Participating as Ambassadors for Research in Kentucky (SPARK) program. SPARK is a dynamic collaboration between the Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) and the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) for undergraduate students interested in developing research expertise and projects in health equity.
The Center for Health Equity Transformation welcomes applications for a graduate research assistantship focused on innovative, transdisciplinary and impactful health equities research. CHET’s focal research involves preventing and improving outcomes from cancer, substance use, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes/obesity in vulnerable, traditionally underserved populations. Graduate students from all disciplines, including social sciences, public health, biomedical informatics, health policy, and others, are welcome.