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Barry’s award-winning work has led him into public health policymaking at the international level. The only non-scientist on a federal government Infectious Disease Board of Experts, he served as an advisor to the Bush and Obama White Houses on pandemic preparedness and response and was on the team that recommended public health measures to mitigate a pandemic. He has worked with the private sector and with state, federal, United Nations, and World Health Organization officials on pandemics, water-related disasters, and risk communication.
The keynote panel, which was co-sponsored by the UK Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), was moderated by Claire Clark, Ph.D., associate professor of behavioral sciences; Karen Petrone, Ph.D., professor of history and director of the CHSS; and Lovoria Williams, Ph.D., associate professor of nursing, endowed research professor in cancer health equity, and associate director of the CCTS.
New findings from the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Wellness, Health & You (WHY) program reveal changes
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Moral Distress occurs when one knows the ethically correct action to take but feels powerless to take that action. This week Dr. Greg talks with Abigail Latimer, UK HealthCare social worker and researcher in the University of Kentucky College of Social Work, about her dissertation work charting a rise in moral distress in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. She ll also offer some potential ways to ease some of that stress.
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• Feb 3, 2021
This week on Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine we highlight UK PATHways, a comprehensive opioid maintenance treatment program for pregnant women recovering from addiction and how it has managed to adapt through the COVID-19 pandemic. Director Jason Joy says the program was born out of a necessity to serve a large population of prenatal patients coming to UK with substance use disorders.
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