Department of Health Services Management Faculty

Carol L. Ireson, R.N., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
859-218-2029
clires0@.uky.edu 

Curriculum Vitae

Carol L. Ireson is an Associate Professor in the Health Services Management department of the College of Public Health.

Before joining, the College as Associate Professor in 2001 Ireson was a Research Associate for the University of Kentucky Center for Health Services Management and Research at the University of Kentucky from 1998. She possesses over 35 years experience in health care with over 20 years as an administrator at an academic health center. She has served as a mentor for many nurses and physicians in health services research and has been recognized for her leadership in nursing with the Sigma Theta Tau Delta Psi chapter Marion McKenna Leadership Award and by the Lane Report as a Health Hero. She serves on a national expert panel for the National Commission on Quality Assurance.

Research Interests

Her publications focus on quality improvement, clinical decision making, health informatics, and community based participatory research. Her research involves qualitative and quantitative approaches to health care topics such as: health care quality, health informatics, telehealth, community-based participatory health improvement.