Jennifer Dolly Prothro, MPH, CCRP
Research Project Manager
Jennifer M. Dolly Prothro, MPH, CCRP is a graduate of the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Public Health, with a focus on Health, Behavior & Society. Her research interests include clinical research in substance use disorders, behavioral methodology, and implementation science. She also has extensive experience working with cancer center shared resources and technology innovation and commercialization.
Ms. Dolly Prothro is the Research Project Manager for the "Empowering Dentists to Reduce Opioid Prescriptions to Young People" project, led by Dr. Doug Oyler and Dr. Marcia Rojas Ramirez. Her role includes guiding research activities and overseeing research coordination and network operations. She serves as a resource to the investigative team, conducts training and site visits, and provides regulatory oversight.
We wish to remember and honor those who inhabited this Commonwealth before the arrival of the Europeans. Briefly occupying these lands were the Osage, Wyndott tribe, and Miami peoples. The Adena and Hopewell peoples, who are recognized by the naming of the time period in which they resided here, were here more permanently. Some of their mounds remain in the Lexington area, including at UK’s Adena Park.
In more recent years, the Cherokee occupied southeast Kentucky, the Yuchi southwest Kentucky, the Chickasaw extreme western Kentucky and the Shawnee central Kentucky including what is now the city of Lexington. The Shawnee left when colonization pushed through the Appalachian Mountains. Lower Shawnee Town ceremonial grounds are still visible in Greenup County.
We honor the first inhabitants who were here, respect their culture, and acknowledge the presence of their descendants who are here today in all walks of life including fellow pharmacists and healthcare professionals.