Accelerating Discoveries to Improve Health
Abstract Submission is Open - 2024 CCTS Spring Conference
Four high school students--two white boys, one white girl, and one Black girl--stand in white lab coats in front of a research poster pinned to a board. The Black female student is speaking into a microphone held out by a middle-aged white male reporter, whose back is to the viewer.

           Dissemination & Implementation

           Across the Translational Spectrum

                Tuesday, April 9, 2024

         Central Bank Center, Lexington, KY

CCTS Debuts Research Comic Book
CCTS Adventures in Research Comic Book

What’s the best way to fight science misinformation? In the case of electronic cigarette use by young adults, a team at the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) chose a novel approach — a research-based comic book. 

The comic brings to life Dr. Melinda Ickes' research paper “Prevalence and reasons for Juul use among college students,” published in the American Journal of College Health in March 2019.  She plans to develop curriculum and programming around the comic book and hopes it will promote non-judgmental discussion of e-cigarette use across all ages.

Watch our video of the process! 

Measuring Our Impact

20:1

ROI for Pilot Funding Program 

22:1

ROI on Appalachian Translational Research Network Grants

28

Appalachian Counties Impacted by the Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky