Tag: awards
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Mary Hass of Louisville gets national brain-injury advocacy award
Mary Hass (imagefrom BIAK Facebook page) Mary Hass, the volunteer advocacy director at the Brain Injury Association of Kentucky, was one of four medical professionals recognized for their accomplishments in the...
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Rice Leach, battling cancer and headed for hospice, gets Public Health Hero Award that Fayette health board will name for him
Rice Leach Dr. Rice Leach, a state and national leader in public health for decades, was honored March 14 with the Public Health Hero Award from the Lexington-Fayette County Board...
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Series on suicide as a public-health issue in Ohio is one of five finalists for national journalism ethics award
A newspaper series on suicide as a public issue in Ohio is among the five finalists for the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics, which is given for aggressive reporting...
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UK HealthCare’s nursing program regains ‘magnet’ status
The University of Kentucky medical center has regained magnet status, which is the highest institutional honor for nursing care, after four years without it, according to a UK news release. The honor comes...
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Beshear, former state dental director and UK faculty member in Madisonville named first Kentucky Oral Health Champions
The Kentucky Oral Health Coalition recently named former Gov. Steve Beshear, former state dental director Dr. Jim Cecil and Dr. Laura Hancock Jones of the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry the first three Kentucky...
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UK sets record for most heart transplants in a year
The University of Kentucky Transplant Center recently performed its 38th adult heart transplant for 2015 and set a record for the most heart transplants performed by a Kentucky medical center...
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Lora Lee Howard, UK Cooperative Extension agent in Clay County, gets national award for her work in nutrition and health
Lora Lee Howard photo: Matt Barton Lora Lee Howard, a University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension agent in Clay County, has received the 2015 Family and Consumer Sciences Professional of the...
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12 Ky. schools recognized for efforts to improve student health
A dozen Kentucky schools that participate in the Healthy Schools Program have been recognized for creating a culture of health and wellness in their classrooms. Ja’nel Johnson reports for WKMS,...
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Retired UK professor Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven elected first female chair of World Medical Association
Retired University of Kentucky professor Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven, who was the president of the American Medical Association in 2013-14, was elected the first female chair of the World Medical...
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Bourbon Co. teen named South’s top youth anti-tobacco advocate for his efforts in pushing for county smoking ban
Tyler Boyle (Photo from Lexington Herald-Leader) Tyler Boyle, a Bourbon County High School senior and president of Students Making A Change in the Community, was named the South Region Youth...