Public Health at University of Kentucky

39 faculty and 0 courses in Public Health at University of Kentucky.

Faculty

• Min-Woong Sohn, F. Douglas Scutchfield Professor, Director of Graduate Studies h-index 36
  Notable: “Accuracy and completeness of mortality data in the Department of Veterans Affairs” (2006) · 543 citations
• Erin Haynes, Kurt W. Deuschle Professor of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health h-index 31
  Notable: “Brain manganese and the balance between essential roles and neurotoxicity” (2020) · 284 citations
• Jerod Stapleton, Professor h-index 29
  Notable: “A randomized controlled trial of an appearance‐focused intervention to prevent skin cancer” (2008) · 171 citations
• W. Jay Christian, Associate Professor h-index 22
  Notable: “Obesity, metabolic factors and risk of different histological types of lung cancer: A Mendelian randomization study” (2017) · 667 citations
• James Holsinger, Chancellor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus h-index 14
  Notable: “The Identification and Surgical Significance of the Atrial Internodal Conduction Tracts” (1968) · 64 citations
• Terry Bunn, Professor, Director of the Kentucky Injury Prevention & Research Center h-index 13
  Notable: “Heroin and fentanyl overdoses in Kentucky: Epidemiology and surveillance” (2017) · 98 citations
• Richard Ingram, Associate Professor h-index 11
  Notable: “Public Health Delivery Systems” (2009) · 98 citations
• Richard Crosby, Professor h-index 10
  Notable: “Rural and Nonrural African American High School Students and STD/HIV Sexual-Risk Behaviors” (2003) · 70 citations
• Martha Riddell, Associate Director h-index 6
  Notable: “New Data, Same Story? Revisiting Studies on the Relationship of Local Public Health Systems Characteristics to Public Health Performance” (2010) · 71 citations
• Rachel Hogg-Graham, Associate Professor h-index 6
  Notable: “Exploring the capacity of community‐based organisations to absorb health system patient referrals for unmet social needs” (2020) · 38 citations
• Timothy Prince, Associate Professor h-index 4
  Notable: “Trichloroethylene: Parkinsonism and complex 1 mitochondrial neurotoxicity” (2007) · 221 citations
• Sarah Cprek, Acting Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs h-index 4
  Notable: “Three Positive Parenting Practices and Their Correlation with Risk of Childhood Developmental, Social, or Behavioral Delays: An Analysis of the National Survey of Children’s Health” (2015) · 38 citations
• Steve Browning, Associate Professor h-index 3
  Occupational, environmental, and injury epidemiology Selected Publications Baker C, Browning S , Charnigo C, Bunn T, Sanderson W. Factors Related to Return To Play After Knee Injury in High School Football Athletes. Annals of Epidemiology.
  Notable: “Atrazine Exposure in Public Drinking Water and Preterm Birth” (2012) · 112 citations
• Emily Slade, Associate Professor h-index 3
  Notable: “Recorded Mental Health Recovery Narratives as a Resource for People Affected by Mental Health Problems: Development of the Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Intervention” (2021) · 41 citations
• Anna Hoover, Associate Professor, Assistant Dean for Public Health Practice Programs h-index 1
  Notable: “Rapid headspace analysis of commercial spearmint and peppermint teas using volatile ‘fingerprints’ and an electronic nose” (2024) · 7 citations
• Amanda Ellis, Associate Professor, Assistant Dean for Public Health Science
• Anne Ray, Associate Professor
• Caitlin Pope, Assistant Professor
• Craig Carter, Professor, UK Veterinary Diagnostic Lab Director
• Dana Quesinberry, Assistant Professor, Associate Director of the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• David Fardo, Professor, Stephen W. Wyatt Endowed Professor of Public Health
• Erin Abner, Professor
  Neuroepidemiology Alzheimer’s disease Cerebrovascular disease Clinical trials Longitudinal data analysis Aging Subjective cognitive decline Health disparities Clinicopathological correlation In the News Public Health Showcase 2026 highlight
• Heather Bush, Dean
• Jacqueline Seals, Assistant Professor
• John Watkins, Faculty
• Julia F. Costich, Interim Chair for Health, Behavior & Society
• Ketrell McWhorter, Assistant Professor
• Marc Kiviniemi, Development Dimensions International Endowed Professor
• Meredith Duncan, Assistant Professor
• Paula Arnett, Associate Dean for Academic Excellence
• Rachel Vickers-Smith, Assistant Professor
• Radmila Choate, Associate Professor, Research
• Reuben Adatorwovor, Assistant Professor
  Time to Event Longitudinal Data Analysis Competing Risks Dependent Models Cancer Survival Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Clinical Trials Diabetes Infectious Disease Machine Learning Education PhD, Department of Biostatistics University of Nor
• Richard Charnigo, Professor
• Richard Clayton, Professor Emeritus, The Good Samaritan Foundation Chair in Health Education and Health Promotion
• Sabrina Brown, Associate Professor
  Have focused on violence prevention, suicide, homicide, alcohol and drug related death, infant and child death, developing statewide surveillance and reporting systems, and system evaluation. Recognized as a leader in this field, Dr. Brown
• Sarah Vos, Director of Undergraduate Research, Assistant Professor
• Svetla Slavova, Professor, Associate Dean for Research
  Notable: “Contraceptive Method Provision Patterns Among Rural and Urban Kentucky Medicaid Enrollees” (2026)
• Thomas Tucker, Professor

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.