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About the Center Center History Appalachian Research Day: Come Sit on the Porch The 2024 Appalachian Research Day will be held April 11, 2024 Read MoreImage 2024 Appalachian Research Day - Save the Date! The 2024 Appalachian Research Day will be held April 11, 2024 in Paintsville, KY at the Ramada by Wyndham Paintsville Hotel and Conference Center Image CERH Receives Grant The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) will launch ELEVATE CHWs, a new program to increase the number of community health workers (CHW) in Kentucky by providing training for new community health workers and offering upskill training for existing ones. Image Education The Center’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of rural Kentuckians. To help accomplish this mission, the Center continues to provide quality educational opportunities. Explore our educational programs and services now! Meet Our Director Fran Feltner, DNP, is a native of where she lives and works which fuels a flame of motivation that is impossible to extinguish. Longstanding personal relationships with local people and intimate familiarity with local culture provide her with a unique depth of understanding of the health, social and economic challenges faced by fellow community members, particularly the most vulnerable and underserved. Challenges like these can seem overwhelming, frustrating, and heartbreaking, particularly when they impact one’s self or friends, family members, or neighbors. Such circumstances often require a new trail to be blazed and that is where strong and passionate leaders like Dr. Feltner rise to the challenge. Learn more about Dr. Fran Feltner Recent News May 9, 2024 Perry County students honored with 2024 UK-CARES/CERH Community Engagement Award March 15, 2024 UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health hosting medical equipment drive for National Disabilities Awareness Month January 18, 2024 Center of Excellence in Rural Health helps provide $1.3 million in 1st year of health care worker loan relief program December 6, 2023 Kentucky Rural Telehealth Summit video highlights and sessions now available online View All News The Bridge The Bridge, a quarterly magazine that highlights best practices and innovative solutions to Kentucky’s rural health challenges, is produced in a collaboration between the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health and the Kentucky Office of Rural Health. Read Current and Past Issues Center of Excellence in Rural Health 750 Morton Blvd Hazard, KY 41701 Phone: (606) 439-3557 Toll Free: 1-855-859-2374 College of Medicine College of Medicine William R. 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