Dr. Jennifer Redmond Knight is a part-time Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy and is a member of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Cancer Control Program.
She serves as the lead evaluator and co-principal-investigator for the Kentucky Cancer Consortium, as co-principal Investigator for the Kentucky LEADS (Lung Cancer, Education, Awareness, Survivorship) Component 3 focused on Prevention and Early Detection and as the principal investigator for a Lung Cancer Health Equity grant focused on workplaces with predominantly male employees. Her recent publications focus on lung cancer screening, an environmental scanning process and understanding barriers to colorectal cancer screening in Kentucky.
She has extensive experience in group facilitation, partnership sustainability, program development, epidemiology, evaluation and policy, systems, and environmental change efforts. Dr. Knight specializes in building trust with stakeholders, and maintaining positive relationships across governmental, private, and non-profit sectors, while building enthusiasm and support around complex issues in public health.
Her current primary focus areas relate to the Affordable Care Act/Health Care Access and Cancer, Lung Cancer Prevention and Early Detection and cancer prevention and control evaluation.
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After bonding while pursuing their Master of Public Health (MPH) degrees nearly two decades ago, five University of Kentucky College of Public Health (CPH) alumni have remained friends and colleagues even after taking divergent career paths in public health.
