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Dr. Ann Coker
Biography
Dr. Coker is a University of Kentucky Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She is an epidemiologist who focuses on improving women’s health through reducing the mental and physical health impact of interpersonal violence. With research colleagues, she has been consistently funded to conduct research since 1990.
Over the past decade, Dr. Coker has serves as the Research Director for the University of Kentucky’s BIRCWH mentorship program. Since coming to UK in 2007, she has served as the inaugural Endowed Chair in UK’s Center for Research on Violence Against Women, and now serves as the Executive Director for this Center. All her research at UK has focused on the impact of violence against women, its impact on health, and approaches to mitigate or prevent these related forms of violence using rigorous research designs. Sexual violence, including sexual harassment, has been a focus of our team’s intervention and prevention research, using engaged bystander strategies, for middle school, high school, and college levels. Most recently, her team has focused on efforts to reduce pregnancy-associated causes of maternal deaths and injuries.
Affiliation
- Professor, College of Public Health
University of Kentucky
Dr. Hartley Feld
Biography
Dr. Hartley Feld received her PhD from the University of Kentucky in 2018 as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar. Dr. Feld received her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Kentucky in 2007 in Community and Public Health Nursing. She is ANCC board certified as a public health clinical nurse specialist and a Fellow in the Center for Inter-Professional Education. Dr. Feld is a graduate of the BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health) scholar program funded by the NIH, a mentored award where her research is focused on reproductive and perinatal health equity and harm reduction for people with a substance use disorder.
Dr. Feld is also the Chair of Global Affairs, with a focus on student engagement in global health. She creates and promotes numerous global learning opportunities for nursing students through Education Abroad. Additionally, Dr. Feld has expertise in social and structural determinants of health, gender-based violence, recovery capital, and health equity. She is an active member of the Perinatal Research and Wellness Center team and serves on the Lexington-Fayette County Board of Health.
Affiliation
- Associate Professor, College of Nursing
University of Kentucky
Dr. Ayse Guler-Das
Biography
Dr Guler-Das was trained as a midwife-nurse and has developed evidence-based midwifery and nursing practices in the gynecologic-obstetric, high-risk pregnancy, reproductive and sexual health, and newborn care at the Istanbul University Hospital. During her PhD program in Nursing at the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Guler-Das has focused on understanding women’s experiences of seeking help for IPV. Her dissertation examined risk and protective factors associated with the help seeking process among women experiencing IPV.
Dr. Guler-Das was a Post Doctoral Scholar in the University of Kentucky’s Center for Research on Violence Against Women and is now Assistant Professor in the University of Kentucky’s College of Nursing. She aspires to make significant contributions to nursing science, healthcare, and women’s health.
Affiliation
- Associate Professor, College of Nursing
University of Kentucky
Dr. Annelise Mennicke
Biography
Dr. Mennicke joined UNC Charlotte School of Social Work in August, 2015 after receiving her Ph.D. in Social Work from Florida State University and where she received a number of scholarships and awards including the Cheryl Rowland Endowed Scholarship, two Institute of Family Violence Studies Scholarships, and the Joanna F. Gorman Scholarship.
Since joining the School of Social Work, Dr. Mennicke received the GADE Service and Leadership Award. Dr. Mennicke’s scholarly area of interest focuses on understanding the intricacies of domestic and sexual violence to inform prevention and intervention programs, particularly targeting diverse and disadvantaged populations.
Affiliation
- Associate Professor, School of Social Work
University of North Carolina at Charlotte