PDO Award Alert – UK-CARES and CERH – 2019 Community Engagement Award in Environmental Health Sciences, February 15, 2019

 

The University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES), in partnership with the UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH), announces the inaugural Community Engagement Award in Environmental Health Sciences. The UK-CARES/CERH Community Engagement Award recognizes individuals or community-academic teams who demonstrate effective research or project evaluation to improve environmental health in Appalachia.

 

The individual or community-academic team you nominate must meet at least one of the following guidelines:

• Community-engaged environmental health scientist
• Community member engaged in issues to keep the air or water healthy
• Involved in community-academic partnerships
• Demonstrate outstanding community-engaged science

 

Nomination Deadline: On or before February 15, 2019.

 

All finalists will be notified no later than March 29, 2019. The winner will be announced and all finalists will be recognized at the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Conference luncheon on Monday, April 15, 2019 in Lexington, KY.

 

Click here for full competition details.