Research
The productivity of CPH faculty/staff in the extramural funding arena is important and impressive. CPH faculty/staff research efforts range from bench research activities to community-based research. These efforts are directed at issues that present significant challenges to the health and well-being of Kentuckians including research on; aging-related issues, cancer, injury prevention, occupational safety and health, HIV, and public health systems. In addition, these significant research activities result in numerous opportunities for CPH students to actively engage in the conduct of research during their time at UK.
- Awards & Grants
- College Based Centers
- Faculty Research Interests
- Assistance with grants/manuscript
Record Year for College of Public Health Research
In the fiscal year just ended (June 30, 2009), the research/extramural funding productivity of the College faculty and staff reached new heights (see table below)!! Three senior members of the College shared their own personal views this record year.
Fiscal Years |
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Collaborative |
| FY03 | 5,039,673 | 8,125,668 |
| FY04 | 4,508,019 | 6,039,367 |
| FY05 | 5,932,275 | 11,462,199 |
| FY06 | 6,633,278 | 14,841,330 |
| FY07 | 7,753,385 | 19,508,972 |
| FY08 | 6,835,179 | 19,408,817 |
| FY09 | 8,561,908 | 25,081,955 |
Awards & Grants
The College of Public Health is achieving outstanding success in the competitive arena of research grants & contracts. College faculty and staff are awarded funding from various agencies and foundations.
Research Procedures
Grant Opportunities
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Faculty and staff associated with the centers are highly involved in research endeavors that complement the educational goals and objectives of the College of Public Health. Research activities conducted by the centers generated over 25 million dollars in 2008-2009 and provided financial support for over thirty student assistantships.
Center for Public Health Systems & Services Research
The Center for Public Health Systems & Services Research (CPHSSR) seeks to explore the impact of specific public health strategies on the quality and performance of the United States public health system. PHSSR is distinct, but related to, the established field of Health Services Research (HSR), which has traditionally focused on the delivery of medical services.
The Center for PHSSR at UK offers grants for researchers, sponsors an annual conference for the discipline, publishes papers and manuscripts and increases the data available for researchers to use in this area. This developing field of research focuses on the organization, staffing, financing and management of public health. Ultimately, the answers uncovered through this body of research will help us be more effective and productive in our mission to improve health status.
Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Research and Policy
In response to the need for organized research efforts directed at issues surrounding the public health workforce, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided, through their Office of Workforce and Career Development in collaboration with the Public Health Foundation, a Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Research and Policy (COEWRP) at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health.
The Center’s mission is to initiate and coordinate strategic efforts to improve the public health workforce through research. The Center identifies workforce databases and catalogues them at the National Library of Medicine’s Public Health Systems and Services Research Resources website, and it provides technical assistance to those wishing to use those databases for public health workforce research. The Center also participates in other scholarly activities concerning workforce research, including data harmonization, providing a venue and support for presentation of research results, and coordination with the current efforts of the University of Kentucky’s Center for Public Health Systems and Services Research.
The Center envisions research outcomes will provide a basis for relevant enhancements and changes in public health policy related to the nation’s public health workforce and the delivery of the essential services. To assist in these efforts, the Center has established a national advisory committee composed of prominent public health leaders and researchers who recognize the importance of strategic research in achieving Essential Public Health Service #8: Assure a competent public and personal health care workforce.
Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
The Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC) works with Kentucky communities and the state’s Department for Public Health to promote the reduction of injuries along with related disabilities and deaths. In addition to the state’s injury prevention program and CDC-funded core injury surveillance, KIPRC activities include an occupational injury and fatality program funded by grants from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health; pediatric and adolescent injury prevention programs funded by state, federal, and foundation grants; a broad-ranging community outreach program that includes full-time staff in Rowan and Whitley Counties; a CDC-funded program to foster and evaluate injury coalition development; and the development and implementation of Kentucky’s Violent Death Reporting System, another CDC-funded initiative. KIPRC is located at 333 Waller Avenue and welcomes inquiries from injury community stakeholders, College of Public Health students, and area residents with an interest in reducing the toll of injury statewide.
Rural Cancer Prevention Center
A CDC-supported research center and part of the national Prevention Research Centers program, guided by CPH faculty, with assistance from faculty in other academic units, including UK’s College of Medicine. The research focus in the UK RCPC is cancer prevention and control, with an emphasis upon community-based participatory research. The Center’s primary research project will focus on cervical cancer prevention, through increasing dissemination of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine.
Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention
The mission of the Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention is "to develop and sustain an innovative program of research, education, and health services to prevent work-related illness, injury and to improve the safety and health of agricultural workers and their families in the Southeastern United States." The Center works in conjunction with National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) on many projects, including the farmer suicide survey, the ROPS project, or Rollover Protection Structures, and the nurses' agricultural education project. The Center also distributes injury prevention information and offers educational programs to the community designed to address a specific public health issue.
University of Kentucky Center For Prevention Research
The Center for Prevention Research at the University of Kentucky was established in October 1987 with funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a subsidiary of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It was the first such center funded by NIDA. The Center for Drug Abuse Research Translation is still funded by NIDA. The Center is a nationally recognized multi-disciplinary social science institute focusing on rigorous scientific investigation into the effects, predictors, and prevention of social behaviors whose abuse carries health costs. The Center is grant-supported and annually conducts a number of research projects on the local, state, and national levels for public and private agencies. The Center for Prevention Research is sponsored by the University of Kentucky, one of only 42 Carnegie Research I institution in North America. As a multi-disciplinary research institute, the Center employs experts drawn from the fields of public health, agriculture, geography, planning, psychology, sociology, and other social science fields.
Faculty Research Interests are listed by department.
- Biostatistics
- Epidemiology
- Gerontology
- Health Behavior
- Health Services Mgmt.
- Preventive Med. & Envi. Hlth.
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Got Data?
We are pleased to announce the creation of a formal procedure to assist with grants and manuscript development through efforts jointly sponsored by the Dean’s Office and the Department of Biostatistics.
Biostats Consulting Request Form (pdf format)
Utilizing the consulting request form, faculty can receive consultation from research assistants whose primary assignments are in Biostatistics. You will note that in some cases, a request may exceed the skill level of the graduate students; in such cases, the supervising faculty member may redirect the request to a faculty member in the Biostatistics Department with an inquiry of whether a collaborative arrangement with the faculty member is possible.
Also, please bear in mind that there will be a learning curve for these newly accepted students in both their respective roles as a part of the graduate program and in their major research assignments with various faculty. To that end we hope that you will provide us feedback on what is working and/or what may need improvement as we move through the academic year. Please direct any inquiries about the consultants or your particular needs not captured on the form to: Dr. Richard Charnigo