Contact Information

306 Health Sciences Bldg
900 South Limestone
Lexington, KY 40536-0200
Phone: 859-257-1450
Fax: 859-323-5747
GerontologyInfo@email.uky.edu

Director and Chair
Pamela B. Teaster, Ph.D.
Phone: 859-257-1450
Director of Graduate Studies
Rodney Guttmann, Ph.D.
Phone: 859-257-1412 x275
Administrative Coordinator
Karla Kuhn
Phone: 859-257-1450  x80143

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Photo of Hege RavdalHege Ravdal, M.A.

Hege has extensive work experience with international studies programs. She has also worked with the Alzheimer’s Association, Lexington/Blugrass Chapter on committees and with their local day center. Her areas of interest include medical anthropology, cross-cultural gerontology, rural aging, life history and life course perspectives. Her dissertation project is entitled: “Family history and the culture of care in Appalachia.” She is currently employed by the Kentucky School of Public Health as project coordinator for the Paducah Workers’ Health Assessment Initiative.