Researchers at the University of Kentucky have been studying the health impact of offering vouchers to employees for Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares, which provide weekly bundles of fresh produce.

Health research changes lives. Participating is a way to help others by "giving forward," and it's also an opportunity to learn more about your own health.

Awards include funding and technical support to implement and evaluation an evidence-based or -informed project to improve health.

The five-year, $3.2 million project called Communities Helping the Hearing of Infants by Reaching Parents, or CHHIRP, aims to improve the process of timely access to diagnostic tests by pairing families with patient navigators.

Lori Gresham, informatics project manager for the HEALing Communities Study to reduce opioid deaths, was presented with a congratulatory collection of CCTS-related items.

The program trains undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds how to conduct health equity research. Participants develop and implement a project in their home communities and are compensated for their work.

Two former KL2 scholars are leading their second R01 grant focused on supporting children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families.

Aaron Guest, a PhD Candidate

Aime Kunes, PhD, volunteered to participate in a research study so that she could become a better researcher herself. But a routine test discovered an abnormality.

Participants will work with UK experts to discuss what a statistician does, explore requirements to pursue higher education in statistics, and learn introductory statistical programming techniques.