MPH, DrPH, and PhD/Gerontology students in the Health of Agricultural Populations program enjoy meaningful field practicum opportunities and close mentoring in the pursuit of their academic research interests. At the same time, the Southeast Center also supports and encourages novel and collaborative research projects through its annual Feasibility Projects Program. This grant program is open to both new and veteran researchers throughout the University of Kentucky and other institutions of higher learning and is described in detail on the following page:

Examples of past and current studies funded through the Feasibility Projects Program: Characteristics of All-Terrain Vehicles and Their Operators on Kentucky Farms, Jessica Wilson, MSN, ARNP; Epidemiology of Helicobacter Pylori in a Selected Population of Southeast Georgia Farm Workers, Catherine Reavis, Ed.D, RN, CS, FNP; Airborne Exposure to Pathogens and Endotoxins during Farmland Application of Class “B” Biosolids, Kevin G. Robinson, PhD and Carolyn H. Robinson, PhD, MPH, RN; Asthma in Kentucky and North Carolina Farm Children, Patricia V. Burkhart, PhD, RN and Steven R. Browning, PhD; Foreign Physicians’ Interest in Agricultural Medicine, Justin Hughes; John R. Wheat, MD, MPH; James D. Leeper, PhD.