Tag: awards
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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...
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Herald-Leader reporter wins Nieman fellowship to study at Harvard; her goal is to help other papers cover Obamacare
Photo by Pablo Alcala,Lexington Herald-Leader Mary Meehan, a reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader, has been selected for the 2016 class of Nieman fellows at Harvard University. She is one of...
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Beshear is Communicator of the Year for efforts with Kynect
Governor Steve Beshear has been named 2014 Communicator of the Year by the Public Relations Society of America‘s Thoroughbred chapter. He received the award for his communication to Kentucky residents...
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Regan Hunt, executive director of Kentucky Voices for Health, named national Consumer Health Advocate of the Year
Regan Hunt Regan Hunt, the executive director of Kentucky Voices for Health, has been named Consumer Health Advocate of the Year by Families USA, which calls itself “the national organization for...
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Carrie Banahan, director of Kynect, is named one of Governing magazine’s nine Public Officials of the Year
Carrie Banahan, executive director of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange, has been selected by Governing magazine as one of nine 2014 Public Officials of the Year. The magazine, for state...