The Faculty Council is a body of elected delegates that provide the means by which the faculty can expeditiously discharge its responsibility to deal with and initiate educational and academic policy matters which transcend departmental responsibilities. Councilors are the faculty’s voice and liaison with the Dean’s Office and the Chair’s Council.

Council Members

BASIC SCIENCE MEMBERS TERM
Brian Jackson, PhD, Physiology, brian.jackson@uky.edu Sept. 1, 2023 – Aug. 31, 2026
Wayne Cass, PhD, Neuroscience, wayne.cass@uky.edu Sept. 1, 2022 – Aug. 31, 2025
Nathan Vanderford, PhD, MBA, Toxicology and Cancer Biology, nathan.vanderford@uky.edu Sept. 1, 2022 – Aug. 31, 2025
Carol Elam, EdD, Behavioral Science, claire.elam@uky.edu Sept. 1, 2023 – Aug. 31, 2026
Sara Police, PhD, Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, sara.police@uky.edu Sept. 1, 2024 – Aug. 31, 2027
CLINICAL SCIENCE MEMBERS TERM
Aftab Chishti, MD, Pediatrics, aftab.chishti@uky.edu Sept. 1, 2022 – Aug. 31, 2025
Lauren Baldwin Branch, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology, labald1@uky.edu Sept. 1, 2024 – Aug. 31, 2027
Amy Meadows, MD, Psychiatry, amy.lynn.meadows@uky.edu Sept. 1, 2024 – Aug. 31, 2027
Brittany Smalls, PhD, Family and Community Medicine, brittany.smalls@uky.edu Jan. 1, 2024 – Aug. 31, 2026
Kara Kennedy, DO, Neurology, kakenn1@uky.edu Sept. 1, 2024 – Aug. 31, 2027
Nikita Gupta, MD, Otolaryngology, nikita.gupta@uky.edu Sept. 1, 2023 – Aug. 31, 2026
Dale Toney, MD, Internal Medicine, dale.toney@uky.edu Sept. 1, 2023 – Aug. 31, 2025
AT-LARGE MEMBERS TERM
Lucy Franklin, MD, Ophthalmology, lucy.franklin@uky.edu Jan. 1, 2024 – Dec. 31, 2024
John R. Bell, MD, Urology, johnrogerbell@uky.edu Jan. 1, 2024 – Dec. 31, 2024