Professor
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky
Jennifer Havens, PhD, MPH is a Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Dr. Havens trained in infectious diseases epidemiology at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health where she also received a MPH. Her primary appointment is in the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR) at UKCOM. Dr. Havens' research interests include the epidemiology of prescription opioid abuse in rural Appalachia and HIV, HCV and other infectious complications of drug use. Havens received a R01 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct a large-scale hepatitis C treatment study in Perry County, Kentucky. The Kentucky Viral Hepatitis Treatment Project, or KeY Treat, is funded collaboratively through the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), along with a sizable drug donation from Gilead Sciences, Inc. The overarching goal of KeY Treat is to eliminate hepatitis C in Perry County and serve as a model of care for rural areas facing a similar syndemic of opioid abuse and hepatitis C. Havens is also the Principal Investigator on an R01 entitled “Examining the Impact of the Twin Epidemics of Methamphetamine and Opioid Use on Overdose, Risky Sex and Treatment Engagement among PWUD in Two Rural Appalachian Cohorts,” that has been continuously funded since 2007 to study the impact of drug use on populations in rural Appalachia.
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Thursday, April 13, 2023
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM