Goal and Focus Areas
CEGIB Community Outreach and Education Core
Overall Goal
The overall goal of the Community Outreach and Education Core (COEC) of the University of Louisville’s (UofL) Center for Environmental Genomics and Integrative Biology (CEGIB) is to provide environmental health education to Kentucky's under-served and disadvantaged populations.
Our program has been designed to increase the knowledge and risk perception of the complex interactions that exist between the environment, culture, genetics, and disease.
Focus Areas
Shelbyville, KY, located in Shelby County
Metro Louisville Area, primarily of Jefferson County
Community as a Complex Network
The CEGIB/COEC initiative views the community as a complex network that requires the application of systems- based approaches to understand and facilitate knowledge exchange within the community, as well as to improve individual and community health.
