The Office of Research staff and associate dean support faculty and students in the development, submission, conduct, and publication of research. Consultation is available from proposal development through post-award management. Listed below are the faculty and staff who support research. Additional details about who can help you get a grant, manage a grant, and close out a grant are available by clicking here.

The office sponsors monthly seminars which spotlight interesting research projects being conducted by faculty and students in the college, as well as invited guests. A research group meets monthly to discuss emerging research ideas, proposal development, conduct of research projects, and manuscript writing. A research newsletter, Inquiring Minds, is distributed to all faculty and students in the college.

Support Faculty and Staff
Associate Dean for Research

Sarah Adkins, MS, MPH
Statistician
sarah.adkins@uky.edu
(859) 323-6354

Carol Donnelly, BA
Senior Research Associate/Grants Facilitator
cdonnel@uky.edu
(859) 323-3579

Lena Howard
Administrative Coordinator
Office of Research and Scholarship and Office of the PhD Program
lhowa2@uky.edu
(859) 323-6105

Angela Knapp, AA
College Grants Officer
aknapp2@email.uky.edu
(859) 323-1226

Whitney Kurtz-Ogilvie, MFA
Lecturer and Academic Writing Specialist
whitney.ko@uky.edu
(859) 323-5675

Gail O’Malley, BSN, MLS
Information Specialist
gaomal00@uky.edu
(859) 323-6600

Mary Kay Rayens, PhD
Professor and Biostatistician
mkrayens@uky.edu
(859) 323-6172

Susan Westneat, MA
Epidemiologist
swest1@uky.edu
(859) 323-6605