News & Press Releases
3/21/2013The National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research (PHSSR) has announced the first three recipients of the Dr. E. Richard “Rick” Brown Keeneland Conference Scholarships. Read More »
2/25/2013LEXINGTON, KY- Nine promising investigators have been awarded grants to conduct research that will provide public health practitioners with valuable information – evidence that will in particular help guide financial and workforce decisions critical to the future of the public health system in the wake of the Affordable Care Act. Read More »
12/13/2012Four new $100,000 grants will enable a small cadre of emerging researchers to explore the effect of the organization, financing and delivery of public health services on population health. Read More »
11/6/2012UK College of Public Health faculty member Dr. Glen Mays is an elite runner who’s run more marathons than most runners dream of – even winning some of them – and logs dozens of miles each week, so he undoubtedly would have done well in the 2012 ING New York City Marathon. But, when Superstorm Sandy prompted the last-minute cancellation of the race, Mays did good instead. Read More »
11/5/2012Promising junior investigators interested in pursuing a career in public health services and systems research (PHSSR) are encouraged to apply for a new round of funding aimed at increasing the number of qualified investigators in PHSSR. The National Coordinating Center for PHSSR’s sixth round of Junior Investigator Awards provides a mentored research experience that gives awardees an opportunity to work closely with prominent PHSSR experts as they launch their careers. Read More »
10/4/2012A new round of research supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) will examine how recent dramatic changes in the operation of the nation’s public health system impact its effectiveness in such critical roles as emergency preparedness and reporting of disease outbreaks. Read More »
7/30/2012LEXINGTON, KY- Georgia Heise, DrPH, public health director of Three Rivers District Health Department in northern Kentucky, has been elected to a national leadership position – vice president of that National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO). Read More »
6/22/2012LEXINGTON, KY- Developing the next generation of researchers who will examine how the organization, financing and delivery of public health services affect population health – a field known as public health services and systems research, or PHSSR – is the goal of a new round of funding opportunities from the National Coordinating Center for PHSSR and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Read More »
5/18/2012MPROVE, the first project to bring together the power of six public health practice-based research networks (PBRNs) from across the country, will look at how geography may play a role in the delivery of public health services that promote health and prevent disease and injury in communities. Read More »
5/2/2012Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research (www.frontiersinphssr.org) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that aims to shorten the turnaround time between research results and publication of a traditional journal. Frontiers is produced monthly through a collaboration of the Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRN) National Coordinating Center and the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research (PHSSR). Both Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded centers are based at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health. Read More »