You are cordially invited to the next “Pump It Up” celebration and semester kick-off event! We are inviting all of our faculty, staff, and students, along with friends, family, local alumni, and other community partners, to come together to connect and celebrate with your public health community, a place where you belong. At this event, you will experience a new appreciation for becoming a pumped-up public health champion.
Make sure you share your photos from the event with us on social media using #CPHPumpItUp! We'll have the social wall there showcasing your posts plus there's a chance to take photos with The Wildcat!
RSVP here for Pump it Up!
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Watch the event online from 4PM - 6PM on Tuesday August 22.
Date: Tuesday, August 22nd
Dress Attire: Casual, but feel free to wear any UK and/or CPH swag!
MORE FUN: We will have a DJ during the social part of the event. So you can let loose and have a great time!
Location: Gatton Student Center, Grand Ballroom A/B, 160 Ave of Champions, Lexington, KY 40508 and w/virtual option (online link will be provided closer to event)
Parking: Cornerstone Garage (PS #5) with entrance and exit on both South Limestone and on Upper Street
Rob Edwards serves the University of Kentucky’s academic medical center, UK HealthCare, as the Vice President and Chief Strategy & Growth Officer. In this role, he is responsible for acquisitions, clinical contracting & partnerships, health policy, brand and digital strategy, clinical contracting and leading on other strategic opportunities.
Previously, Rob served in various positions appointed by Kentucky’s Governor in the Cabinet for Health & Family Services, including chief of staff, budget director and legislative director. He earned his Doctor of Public Health from the UK College of Public Health, his Master of Business Administration from the University of Louisville and undergraduate degree from Centre College.
Dr. White practiced OB/GYN in Frankfort, Kentucky, for over twenty years. She retired from clinical medicine and joined the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) as the Director, Division of Women’s Health, in 2009. She moved to the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky (UK) in 2011 in the Department for Health Behavior and then back to KDPH as Deputy Commissioner of Clinical Affairs in 2011.
In the early 1800’s, John Snow, M.D., a historical figure in epidemiology, provided one of the earliest examples of using epidemiologic methods to identify risk for disease and recommend preventive action. On August 31, 1854, London experienced a recurrent epidemic of cholera and Snow suspected water from the Broad Street pump as the source of disease.
Removal of this handle prevented additional cholera deaths, supporting Snow's theory that cholera was a waterborne, contagious disease. Snow's studies and the removal of the pump handle became a model for modern epidemiology and is considered to be the symbol of when public health started.
This is the original map by John Snow showing the clusters of cholera cases (indicated by stacked rectangles) in the London epidemic of 1854. The contaminated pump is located at the crossroads of Broad Street and Cambridge Street (now Lexington Street), running into Little Windmill Street.
This map is a tremendous contribution to the field of epidemiology, recognizing that part of treating disease requires viewing patients not as individual, isolated cases, but within the larger environment in which they live. Although John Snow’s model is accepted as a way to frame our understanding of infectious diseases today, it gives us a blueprint for approaching illness, particularly illness caused by or related to the patient’s environment.
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Meet and take a picture with the official University of Kentucky mascot, Wildcat, who proudly serves as a friendly ambassador for the University and Big Blue Nation.
The Gatton Student Center's Grand Ballroom, Ballrooms A & B.
This is the second floor of the building.
The Grand Ballroom is highlighted in light blue on the map.
Below is the University of Kentucky's online interactive map of campus, with the Gatton Student Center outlined in black.
The University of Kentucky College of Public Health is undergoing a review by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) for re-accreditation. Part of this process includes the invitation to provide third-party comments. Anyone, including students, alumni, employers, community partners, etc., is allowed to share relevant information about the college directly with CEPH. If you would like to provide input to CEPH to inform their review, send your comments to submissions@ceph.org by May 4th, 2025.
