Dr. Jacqueline Seals, DrPH

Assistant Professor

Dr. Jacqueline Seals, DrPH is an Assistant Professor in the Kentucky Injury Prevention Research Center (KIPRC) and Health Management and Policy. She received both her MPH and DrPH in Epidemiology from the University of Kentucky. She has been with KIPRC since 2015. She is the Principle Investigator for the CDC funded Advancing Violence Epidemiology in Real Time (KYAVERT) a surveillance program focused on ED visits for violence related injuries, firearm-related injuries regardless of intent and mental health crisis. Additionally, she is the PI of a contract working with the Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (BHDID) studying the intersection between substance use disorders, suicides and intentional self-harm, and mental health to better understand the overlapping risk factors and points for interventions. In addition to these programs Jacqueline has worked with the Kentucky Violent Death Reporting System (KYVDRS) and Overdose Data to Action programs.