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Dr. Danelle Stevens-Watkins is Acting Dean and Professor at the University of Kentucky. She holds dual roles as core faculty at the Center for Health Equity Transformation and faculty affiliate at the Center for Drug and Alcohol Research. Her research focuses on health disparities, drug use (particularly opioids), mental health, and maternal morbidity among African American populations. She has secured over a decade of NIH funding as PI/Co-I, including an NIH R01 addressing the opioid crisis and an NIH U24 leading NIDA’s racial equity initiatives.
Dr. Stevens-Watkins earned her PhD in Counseling Psychology (2008) and MA in Clinical Psychology (2004) from Spalding University. She completed an APA-accredited internship in drug abuse treatment at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington. Her teaching portfolio includes Practicum, Counseling Techniques, Multicultural Psychology, and Substance Abuse Counseling. She integrates Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy with Interpersonal Process Therapy in her practice.
Her research spans topics like racial trauma, religiosity in addiction recovery, and healthcare access barriers. Recent projects include a community-based overdose prevention trial and multigenerational studies on burnout among Black women researchers. She is a licensed Kentucky psychologist and active member of the Graduate Faculty.
