Ph.D., Oregon Health Sciences University, 1993.
Homeless women and families; foster children; domestic violence; workplace violence and injury.
Phone: (859) 257-3410.   E-mail: danders@uky.edu

Kristin Ashford (F), Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2007.
Health risks in pregnant women
Phone: (859) 257-9333. E-mail: khashf0@uky.edu

Dorothy Y. Brockopp (F), Professor

Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1981.
Psychological/spiritual attributes of acute and cancer pain experience. 
Phone: (859) 323-5815. E-mail: dybroc00@uky.edu

Emma J. "E.J." Brown (F), Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Florida, 1993.
STI/HIV and substance abuse prevention, health promotion among rural populations. 
Phone: (859) 323-6621. E-mail: ejbrow3@email.uky.edu

Patricia Burkhart (F), Associate Professor; Director, Undergraduate Program

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1996.
Pediatric asthma; child asthma self-management; adherence to treatment; peak flow monitoring for asthma symptom management; health-related quality of life for children and adolescents with asthma; health outcomes related to pediatric asthma treatment interventions.
Phone: (859) 323-6253.  E-mail: pvburk2@uky.edu

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2001.
Intervention outcomes in patients with heart failure
Phone: (859) 323-1165. E-mail: misook.chung@uky.edu

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1991.
Quality of life; chronic disease; chronic airflow limitation.
Phone: (859) 323-6606. E-mail: mcdele01@uky.edu

Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1986.
Heart-lung interactions; consequences of mechanical ventilation; weaning from mechanical ventilation; hemodynamics; critical care nursing practice.
Phone: (859) 323-5791. E-mail: skfraz2@email.uky.edu

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1988.
Effects of maternal substance abuse on infants and children.
Phone: (859) 323-4726.  E-mail: tafree01@uky.edu 

D.N.S., Indiana University, 1992. 
Tobacco policy research; school and home-based health promotion research; alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention with families and young children.
Phone: (859) 257-2358. E-mail: ejhahn00@uky.edu

Lynne A. Hall (F), Professor; Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship

Dr.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1983. 
Social support, stress, and depression in vulnerable populations; single-parent families; effect of mothers' mental health on child outcomes.
Phone: (859) 323-8076. E-mail: lahall@uky.edu

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2006. 
Health disparities in African American women
Phone: (859) 257-5263. E-mail: jennifer.hatcher@uky.edu

Ed.D., Ball State University, 1982. 
Long-term home health care for adults in rural areas; community strategies for health promotion; cancer control.
Phone: (859) 323-5579. E-mail: mjhick01@uky.edu

Patricia B. Howard (F), Associate Professor; Director, M.S.N. and D.N.P. Programs

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1992. 
Consumer and family satisfaction with mental health services.
Phone: (859) 323-6332. E-mail: pbhowa00@uky.edu

Terry Lennie (F), Associate Professor; Director, Ph.D. Program

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990.
Illness-related changes in appetite and nutritional status
Phone: (859) 323-6631 E-mail: tlennie@uky.edu

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Sharon Lock (F), Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1993.
Communication among adolescents about risky sexual behavior.
Phone: (859) 257-2366. E-mail: selock0@uky.edu

D.N.Sc., University of California at Los Angeles, 1992. 
Improving outcomes in patients with cardiac disease with an emphasis on heart failure. Psychosocial, behavioral and physiologic interactions in heart failure patients.
Phone: (859) 323-6687. E-mail: dmoser@uky.edu

D.S.N., University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1991. 
Depression in women; women's mental health.
Phone: (859) 323-6292. E-mail: arpede01@uky.edu

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1993. 
Tobacco policy; women's health, biostatistics.
Phone: (859) 323-6172. E-mail: mkrayens@uky.edu

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1996.
Agricultural health and injury prevention; occupational health issues of women; health care issues of older adults.
Phone: (859) 257-9636. E-mail: dbreed01@uky.edu

Overweight and insulin resistance in children and risk of Type 2 diabetes.
Phone: (859) 323-7370. E-mail: lkscot0@email.uky.edu

Marcia K. Stanhope (F), Professor

D.S.N., University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1981. 
Nursing care for the homeless; resource use in home care; education and practice of nurse practitioners.
Phone: (859) 257-9335. E-mail: mkstan00@uky.edu

Ruth ("Topsy") Staten (A), Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1996.
Substance abuse in college students.
Phone: (859) 323-8055. E-mail: rrstat00@uky.edu

Sherry Warden (A), Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1990. 
Psychosocial issues in the management of pain; spirituality, healing and alternative/complementary medicine.
Phone: (859) 323-6640. E-mail: lsward00@uky.edu

Darlene Welsh, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2006. 
Occupational stress among hospital nurses; nursing care and intervention for heart failure patients
Phone: (859) 323-6620. E-mail: jdwels00@uky.edu

Carolyn A. Williams (F), Professor

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1969. 
Evaluation of community-based health services; nursing contributions to primary care; public health nursing practice; health policy and health professions workforce policy.
Phone: (859) 323-5576. E-mail: cawill00@uky.edu