The Center for Leading Innovation and Collaboration, housed at the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science (which funds the CCTS), highlighted the UK CCTS team science training program in its Insights to Inspire series.
Addressing Rural cancer Inequities through Scientific Excellence (ARISE) is focused on preparing postdoctoral researchers to address cancer-related health disparities in Appalachian Kentucky.
The UK team is focused on engaging rural Black, Latine, and White communities in Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Mercer, and Fayette counties where vaccination rates are low.