2017 KY Nurses Association Convention
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<strong>2017</strong> Kentucky <strong>Nurses</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Dr. Jennifer Cole<br />
Dr. Jennifer Cole is currently appointed as a research title series<br />
assistant professor in the Department of Behavioral Science and the<br />
Center on Drug and Alcohol Research at the University of Kentucky.<br />
She is also a faculty associate of the Center on Trauma and Children<br />
in the University of Kentucky. Her overarching research career goal<br />
is to investigate the intersection of interpersonal victimization and<br />
substance use or misuse, including the complex relationship of<br />
victimization and trauma exposure as a risk factor for subsequent<br />
substance use and substance use as a risk factor for victimization, along with system<br />
responses to individuals with victimization experiences and substance use disorders.<br />
Dr. Cole is currently Principal Investigator of one NIJ-funded study examining sex<br />
trafficking of minors and two statewide evaluation studies of substance abuse treatment<br />
for adolescents.<br />
Claude Drouet, ACSW, LCSW<br />
Claude Drouet, ACSW, LCSW is a native of Louisiana. He has<br />
a B.A. in history from LSU/Baton Rouge and an MSSW from<br />
the University of Louisville. He has specialized his practice in<br />
community-based mental health and has also worked extensively<br />
with Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs). He currently works<br />
with health professionals dealing with substance abuse issues and<br />
consultation work with families. He is a part-time instructor with<br />
the Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, teaching<br />
continuing education units in Ethics, Licensure, and Clinical Supervision. As a past employee<br />
of Seven Counties Services, he assisted with the initiation of new community-based outreach<br />
programs on behalf of persons with mental illness. He also led education efforts regarding<br />
mental illness in local Louisville churches, engaging seminary students to take interest in<br />
the plight of homeless mentally ill individuals. He has served on the boards of the Jefferson<br />
County Court Diversion Program and the Mental Health <strong>Association</strong> of Kentucky, being a<br />
past president of the Mental Health <strong>Association</strong>.<br />
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