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Preventive Medicine and
      Environmental Health

Contact Information

Suite 220
121 Washington Avenue
Lexington, KY 40536-0003 
Phone: 859-218-2100
Fax: 859-257-9862 

Chair:

Robert McKnight, MPH, ScD
Phone: 859-323-6836
Email: 
rmcknig@uky.edu 

Support Staff:

Jody Kemp-Gonzalez
Phone: 859-218-2100
Email:
jkemp0@email.uky.edu

Darlene Cox
Phone: 859-323-6836
Email: darlene.cox@uky.edu

Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health Faculty

Dr. Peace Jessa

Peace Jessa, D.O., M.P.H., Pharm D.
Assistant Professor
859-218-2232
peacejessa@email.uky.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Jessa holds both a medical degree and a doctor of pharmacy degree. She completed her residency in Occupational and Environmental Medicine and a Master of Public Health degree at the University of Kentucky. Clinical Specialty: Occupational Medicine. Clinical Interest: Occupational and environmental diseases - work related musculoskeletal disorders, hearing loss, chemical exposures, and contact dermatitis, correctional medicine, judicious use of pharmaceuticals in various clinical settings.

Research Interests

Occupational Medicine, Toxicology, Pharmacology, Hazardous Exposures, Community health initiatives in medically undeserved population.