Associate Professor 
Obstetrics and Gynecology 
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky

Dr. Hansen is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Kentucky. She is a Michigan native, attending the University of Michigan for undergraduate studies and Northwestern University for Medical School. Internship, Residency and Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship were all completed at the University of North Carolina. She has worked as a faculty - clinician/educator at the University of North Carolina and the University of Iowa before joining the University of Kentucky in 2004 as Division Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine. For twelve years (2010 -2022) she led the Department as the John W Greene Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Research interests include substance abuse in pregnancy, breastfeeding and preterm labor.