Center Members

The Director, Deputy Director, and Executive Committee will vote on the appointment of new nominees and reappointment of existing members. Initial appointment is a term for three years. Prospective UK-CARES members must demonstrate a commitment to the mission and vision of the center and are expected to participate in center events. The Center offers three types of membership: Full, Associate, and Community. For additional information about each type of membership, click here. To apply, fill out the form here.

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Current Members


Last Name	First Name	Degree(s)	Type of Membership	College or Organization
Alam	M. Ashfaqul	PhD	Associate	UK College of Medicine
Bauer	John	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Bhattacharyya	Dibakar	PhD	Full	UK College of Engineering
Brewer	Dawn	PhD, MS	Associate	UK College of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
Brown	Kimberly	EdD	Community	Lindsey Wilson College
Byrne	Diana	PhD	Associate	UK College of Engineering
Chen	Gang	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Christian	W. Jay	PhD, MPH	Full	UK College of Public Health
Cromer	Mary	JD	Community	Appalachian Citizens Law Center, Inc.
Curry	Thomas	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
D'Orazio	John	MD, PhD	Associate	UK College of Medicine
Deng	Pan	PhD	Full	UK College of Pharmacy
DeVries	Zachary	PhD	Associate	UK College of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
Dignan	Mark	PhD, MPH	Full	UK College of Medicine
Escobar	Isabel	PhD	Associate	UK College of Medicine
Fan	Teresa	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Feltner	Frances	DNP, MSN	Full	UK Colleges of Medicine and Nursing
Fondufe-Mittendorf	Yvonne	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Fu	Jian	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Goellner	Eva	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Hahn	Ellen	PhD, RN, FAAN	Full	UK College of Nursing
Haneberg	William	PhD	Full	Kentucky Geological Survey
Hannon	Patrick	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Hartz	Anika	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Haynes	Erin	DrPH, MS	Full	UK College of Public Health
Hennig	Bernhard	PhD	Full	UK College of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
Hoover	Anna	PhD, MA	Full	UK College of Public Health
Keck	James	MD, MPH	Full	UK College of Medicine
Lee	Lu-Yuan	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Li	Zhiguo	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Linares	Ana Maria	DNS, RN	Associate	UK College of Nursing
Liu	Xiaoqi	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Messer	Tiffany	PhD	Full	UK College of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
Miller	J.D.	MD	Community	Stakeholder Advisory Board
Morris	Peter	MD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Mudd-Martin	Gia	PhD, MPH, RN	Associate	UK College of Nursing
Murphy	Maggie	PhD, RD, LD, FAND	Full	UK College of Medicine
O'Hair	Dan	PhD, MA	Associate	UK College of Communication and Information
Ormsbee	Lindell	PhD	Full	UK College of Engineering
Pearson	Kevin	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Pennell	Kelly	PhD	Full	UK College of Engineering
Rashid	Cetewayo	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Risko	Chad	PhD	Associate	UK College of Arts & Sciences
Roper	Karen	PhD	Associate	UK College of Medicine
Rosenberg	John	AB, JD	Community	Stakeholder Advisory Board
Sanderson	Wayne	PhD	Full	UK College of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
Savage	Erin	MES	Community	Appalachian Voices
Schoenberg	Nancy	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
She	Qing-Bai	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
St. Clair	Daret	PhD	Full	UK College of Medicine
Stanifer	Stacy	PhD	Associate	UK College of Nursing
Stanley	Scott	PhD	Full	UK College of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
Stapleton	Jerod	PhD	Full	UK College of Public Health
Sturgill	Jamie	PhD	Associate	UK College of Medicine
Swanson	Hollie	PhD, MS	Full	UK College of Medicine
Taylor	Betsy	PhD	Community	Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (LiKEN)
Tsyusko-Unrine	Olga	PhD	Full	UK Colleges of Engineering and Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
Turner	Lisa	PhD, MSN, BSN	Community	Berea College (Nursing)
Unrine	Jason	PhD	Full	UK College of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
Vierheller	Thomas	PhD, MS	Community	Big Sandy Community and Technical College
Wilmhoff	Craig	MS	Community	Buckhorn High School, Perry County School District
Wilson	Thad	PhD	Associate	UK College of Medicine
Yokel	Robert	PhD, BS	Full	UK College of Pharmacy