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Schoenberg Named Associate Dean for Research at College of Public Health

 

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 23, 2014)The University of Kentucky College of Public Health has named Nancy Schoenberg as associate dean for research.  In addition to her new role with the College of Public Health, Schoenberg is the Marion Pearsall Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science in the UK College of Medicine

A medical anthropologist and gerontologist, her research, service, and instruction focuses on addressing health inequities, specifically working on the prevention and management of chronic diseases including nutritional disorders, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.  Throughout her work, Schoenberg has emphasized the cultural context of health decisions and community-based participatory approaches, which she has used to develop and implement numerous community-engaged interventions in rural Appalachia. 

In addition to her work at UK, Schoenberg has received continuous funding as a principal investigator on National Institutes for Health (NIH) grants for 15 years and served as associate editor of The Gerontologist for seven years. She currently serves as a standing NIH study section member and as co-director of the Community Engagement and Research Core of the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science. She also consults on national and international projects addressing the cultural context of health.

In her new role as associate dean for research for the College of Public Health, Schoenberg will focus efforts on supporting junior and other faculty to develop and refine research grant applications and other scholarly products; promoting collaborations across campus and universities; and enhancing the culture of scholarship through a dynamic speaker series, a robust pilot grant program, and a rigorous grant review process.

MEDIA CONTACT: Mallory Powell, mallory.powell@uky.edu