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IHI and NKU are uniquely positioned in northern Kentucky to create a pipeline to reduce the future healthcare worker shortage and bring underserved and minority students into healthcare programs. We are imagining new ways to prepare health science workers for an increasingly technological and collaborative role through our programs for students.

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Meet Our Team

Valerie Gray Hardcastle

Valerie Gray Hardcastle

St. Elizabeth Healthcare Executive Director of the Institute for Health Innovation
Vice President for Health Innovation

(859) 572-5376
hardcastle@nku.edu

Marissa Draper

Marissa Draper

Associate Director
(859) 572-7943
draperm4@nku.edu

Carolyn Noe

Carolyn Noe

Director
(859) 572-6332
noec2@nku.edu

Dallas Simpson

Dallas Simpson

Events & Social Media Coordinator
(859) 572-5982
simpsond5@nku.edu

Dallas Simpson

Molly Diamon

Project Coordinator
(859) 572-5964
diamonm1@nku.edu

Amanda Andrews

Shirley Hoffman

Administrative Specialist
(859) 572-5980
andrewsa7@nku.edu

Jennifer massoud

Jennifer Massoud

Program Specialist
massoudj1@nku.edu

Dallas Simpson

Peyton Anderson

K-12 Programs Coordinator
(859) 572-1535
andersonp4@nku.edu

Dallas Simpson

Jarett Lopez

Program Coordinator
lopezj1@nku.edu

Joveria Baloch

Joveria Baloch

Research Analyst
(859) 572-5965
balochj1@nku.edu

Tammy Barrett-Wolcott

Tammy Barrett-Wolcott

COPE Director, Drug Prevention
Coalition Coordinator

barrettwot1@nku.edu

Jordan Brown

Jordan Brown

Community Health Worker Program Director
(859) 572-5989
brownc74@nku.edu

Donnie Dawes

Donnie Dawes

Carroll County QRT/ Re-entry Specialist
dawesd1@nku.edu

Shanna Osborne

Shanna Osborne

Owen County Care Coordinator
osbornes8@nku.edu

Doug Ladd

Doug Ladd

Entrepreneur-in-Residence
laddd1@nku.edu

Rico Grant

Rico Grant

NKY-HII Managing Director
rico@socapaccelerate.com

Yvonne Poe

Yvonne Poe

Carroll County Care Coordinator
poen2@nku.edu

Jude Thornton

Jude Thornton

OWEP and OIFSP Program Director
thorntonm4@nku.edu