Improving the health of rural Kentuckians.


2025 Annual Conference 
       November 20 - 21, 2025
Knicely Conference Center - WKU


Rural Health Day Proclamation
Presentations


Rural Health Policy UpdateZil Joyce Dixon Romero


Rural Health Transformation Fund | Dr. Connie White


Health Care Coverage and Access in Kentucky:​

Challenges and Opportunities | Dr. Susan G. Bornstein


Partnership In Practice: Lessons from a Rural Kentucky CHNA Collaboration |

Mary Elizabeth Pendergrass, MPH, Nicole Smith, Danielle Harmon


Kentucky's Emerging Health Crisis: Trauma | Angela Carman, DrPH, Melissa Slone, DSW


AI In Action: Practical Tools for Rural Health Leadership | Gerald Stanley


Project Rise: Addressing the Opioid Conference in Eastern Kentucky

Kyle Burnett, CCHW

Joshua Adams, APSS, CHWW 


Rural Health Clinics: Billing Updates and Common Issues | Amanda Dennison, MBA, CPC, CRHCP


Bridging the Gap: Mobile Health Solutions for HIV and STI Care in Rural Kentucky | Anna Miles


Roots to Reaching: Redefining Emergency Care Through Performance and Compassion | Dr. John Jones


Increasing Access to Diabetes Care and Support in Rural Appalachia | Ashley Webb, RN, LDE



Award Winners


Dan Martin Leadership Award | Melissa Sloan

Ernie Scott Leadership Award | Courtney Woolfork

KRHA Legislative Advocate of the Year | Representative Robert Duvall

Kentucky Office of Rural Health Community Star Award

Student Chapter Scholarship Awards:

Madison Melvin, Northeast KY AHEC

Ashlee Wellen, Purchase AHEC

Ava Sloan, UK

Aiden Hornback, South Central AHEC


Conference Booklet and Agendas


Main Agenda and Booklet

Student Agenda




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