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KIPRC staff, partners present at annual OD2A Meeting

Jul 13, 2022

Researchers, staff members, and program partners from the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC) presented on a variety of topics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) Recipient Meeting in June.

CARERC Gives UK Researchers Tools to Uncover Safety Concerns in the Workplace

Jun 16, 2022

UK College of Public Health alumna and current KIPRC epidemiologist Mira Mirzaian saw CARERC as the boost she needed to kickstart her career in research.

Students and staff at Meece Middle School hold their Purple Star Award sign during a ceremony.

Purple Star Award schools work to strengthen resilience of Kentucky’s military-connected youth

Jun 3, 2022

Following three award ceremonies in April, Kentucky now boasts six Purple Star schools.

New KSURE report provides pictodictionary of the six major overdose-related substances

May 31, 2022

The Kentucky Substance Use Research & Enforcement (K-SURE) has released a new report that provides a pictodictionary of the six major overdose-related substances (heroin, opioids, fentanyl, marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamine) in Kentucky.

Mobile Harm Reduction Unit providing prevention, recognition and response trainings

May 26, 2022

Michelle Dean works daily with drug overdose fatality data with her role at the Kentucky Drug Overdose Fatality Surveillance System (DOFSS).

Dana Quesinberry and Chris Delcher during a presentation at the Rx Summit.

KIPRC presents research at 2022 Rx Summit

May 13, 2022

Staff members and faculty associates with the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC) recently shared their work in substance use disorder research, treatment, and prevention at the 2022 Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit, held April 18-21, in Atlanta.

Increase in workplace drug overdoses prompts KOSHS Hazard Alert

Apr 20, 2022

In 2020, the Kentucky Fatality Assessment Control Evaluation (FACE) program recorded the highest number of workplace drug overdose fatalities since FACE’s inception in 1994. The alarming trend continued into 2021, with eight drug overdose deaths occurring at work from January to June.

KIPRC Conversations: Meghan Steel

Apr 13, 2022

Meghan Steel is an epidemiologist for the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center. She has roots in Kentucky but grew up in Texas before attending the University of Alabama and then the University of Texas Medical Branch for her master’s degree.

Dr. Coker’s research making a difference in preventing violence

Mar 29, 2022

When Ann L. Coker, PhD, MPH, was in medical school, she took a chance when she was researching career opportunities and wrote to a number of nationally known writers whose work she followed.

Severe weather injury risks prompt KOSHS Hazard Alert

Mar 28, 2022

Severe weather is an ongoing risk to Kentucky workers. From 1994 through 2020, 11 workers lost their lives to lightning, tornados, and floods while working in the state. Then, in December 2021, eight Kentucky workers were killed when a tornado hit the factory where they were working.