Name | Research Interest | Primary Funding Source | |
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Adebola Adegboyega | adebola.adegboyega@uky.edu | Cervical, breast, and colorectal screening promotion; HPV vaccination promotion; behavioral interventions; Health inequities research with sub-Saharan African immigrants, African Americans, and Appalachian populations. | National Cancer Institute |
Kristin Ashord | kristin.ashford@uky.edu | Maternal and Child Health | KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services |
Martha Biddle | martha.biddle@uky.edu | CV Health: Secondary Prev of CV Disease | CON Pilot; UK CCTS Pilot |
Tyrone Borders | ty.borders@uky.edu | Rural Health Research | HRSA |
Karen Butler | karen.butler@uky.edu | Occupational Health Nurse Training | NIOSH |
Misook Chung | misook.chung@uky.edu | Cardiovascular Health: Chronic Patients and Caregivers | NIH-NINR; CON Pilot |
Jean Edward | jean.edward@uky.edu | Promoting equitable access to healthcare; Healthcare access and disparities research | CON Pilot; ACS IRG, RWJF |
Amanda Fallin-Bennet | amanda.fallin@uky.edu | Tobacco Policy and Substance Abuse | KDHP, CON Pilot, NCI, UK CHET Pilot |
Ellen Hahn | ejhahn00@email.uky.edu | Tobacco Policy and Environmental Health | NIH–NIEHS (P30 and R01), KDPH, UK CCTS, Interact for Health (Subawards), State Medicaid Grant, Radon |
Ana Maria Linares | am.linares@uky.edu | Intervention to Enhance Breastfeeding and Obesity Risk Reduction | UKCCTS; CON Pilot |
Julie Marfell | julie.marfell@uky.edu | Nursing Leadership, Rural Health, Farmer Stress, Nursing Workforce Issues | State of Kentucky |
Debra Moser | debra.moser@uky.edu | Cardiovascular & Cerebrovascular Health – Risk Self-Management | NIH–NINR, Jonas, RWJF |
Gia Mudd-Martin | gia.mudd@uky.edu | Cardiovascular Health, Diabetes, and the Family Structure | NINR; NIH OD; OBSSR, CCTS |
Zim Okoli | ctokol1@uky.edu | Tobacco Policy and Substance Abuse | KDPH; State Medicaid Grant |
Elizabeth Salt | elizabeth.salt@uky.edu | Chronic Pain Management | Pfizer; CCTS; CON Pilot |
Lee Ann Walmsley | lee.walmsley@uky.edu | Adult Learners and Educational Research | UK Women and Philanthropy |
Lovoria Williams | lovoria.williams@uky.edu | Interventions to reduce health disparities among underserved populations | NIDDK, UK VPR Pilot |
Jia-Rong Wu | jiarong.wu2@uky.edu | Medication adherence; Health literacy; Health disparity; Family/social support; Family-focused intervention; Self-care behavior; Heart failure | NIH/NINR |
The College of Nursing's Areas of Research
UK College of Nursing Faculty and Areas of Research
Other areas of research include:
- Self-management of chronic illness (especially cardiopulmonary health issues/heart failure)
- Injury prevention
- Prevention of preterm birth
- Health disparities and cancer control
- Medication adherence
- Family caregivers
- Promoting health of persons with persons with persistent mental illness
- Post-discharge nausea and vomiting
- Adolescent health care provider communication during cancer treatment
- Reproductive health of Hispanic women
- Faith-based approaches to improving nutrition in Eastern Kentucky