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The College of Public Health has a robust research profile. We have created this webpage of all the active external funding currently housed within CPH. By clicking on the title of a project below, you will be redirected to a landing page for each project, where you can read a little about the project and find the PI’s contact information.

Principle Investigator Title Project End Sponsor
Terry Bunn Development and Implementation of findMentalHealthNowKY.org 06/30/2026 Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
Terry Bunn Evaluation of Kentucky Access to Recovery Linkage Strategy 09/29/2025 National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Terry Bunn Evaluation of St. Matthews Recovery Residences 01/31/2025 Fletcher Group and Health Resources and Services Administration
Terry Bunn Rural Center of Excellence in Recovery 08/31/2028 Fletcher Group and Health Resources and Services Administration
Joshua Bush Costs of Maternal Violence, Substance Use & Mental Health 07/31/2026 Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Erin Haynes East Palestine Train Derailment Health Tracking Study 12/31/2025 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Erin Haynes Extent of PFAS Contamination Resulting from a Fire at a Hazardous Waste Incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio 05/31/2025 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Erin Haynes Impact of Landfill Mitigation Efforts to Reduce Air Toxins in Bristol, Tennessee and Virginia 04/30/2025 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Erin Haynes Paden City Health Study
Erin Haynes Retention, Maintenance and Enhancement of the Communities Actively Researching Exposure Study 04/30/2025 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Tianjun Lu Community-driven Geospatial Approach to Improving Public Health Data Systems in Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas 08/31/2025 National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Svetla Slavova Opioid Data Lab Understanding Overdose Through Scientific Innovation (DMI2EpiTool)
Svetla Slavova Rapid Actionable Data for Opioid Response in Kentucky (RADOR-KY) 09/30/2025 National Institute on Drug Abuse
Jerod Stapleton Precision Lung Cancer Survivorship Care Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial Serving Rural Survivors and Communities 06/30/2027 National Cancer Institute
Rachel Vickers-Smith UK Harm Reduction Hub
April Young CARE2HOPE 06/30/2024 National Institute on Drug Abuse