Community is the Foundation of our Research
Community input throughout the RURAL Cohort Study is at the heart of our research. We will include the community and participants at every stage of the research. By working with local leaders and community organizations, we will ensure your health concerns are recognized.
We’re recruiting in Breathitt and Perry Counties, Kentucky!
We are actively recruiting individuals between the ages of 25 and 64 who live in Breathitt or Perry Counties. Please indicate your interest in participating here.
Since the RURAL Study will be relocating later in 2025, if you are a resident of Garrard or Boyle Counties and between the ages of 25 and 64, please indicate your interest in participating here.
Future Advisory Boards
Our goal is to partner with communities for research. This requires the creation of advisory boards that are tailored to the needs of the communities. Our team will work with both community members and local organizations to create these advisory boards. These boards are participant focused and inspired by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
The Community Advisory Boards will include community engagement coordinators, community members, participants, and some members of our team. They will meet regularly to ensure that we understand the concerns of rural community members. This will allow our research to have the greatest benefit to participants and their communities.
What is an advisory board?
A group of individuals who have been selected to give advice to the RURAL Cohort Study team.
RURAL Cohort Study News
NHLBI Announces Plan to Fund a Second Examination Cycle for the Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal (RURAL) Heart and Lung Study
November 2024
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) plans to fund a second examination of participants in the RURAL Heart and Lung Study. The examination is expected to begin approximately January-February 2027 with a targeted sample size for examination of approximately 4,000 participants.
Kentucky Core PI Interview on WYMT-TV in Hazard, Kentucky
November 2024
WYMT’s Steve Hensley interviewed Dr. Stephanie Boone, the Kentucky Core State PI, about the Rural Heart and Lung Study and why it’s being done with in Perry and Breathitt Counties on the Issues and Answers program.