Robin Thompson, Drph, Mph Email & Phone Number

• Leads and manages work across Rural Center of Excellence in Recovery (RCOE-R) research and evaluation activities
• Assigns work and provides leadership and support to RCOE-R personnel, and affiliated partners
• Works to ensure the coordination and management of technical activities to develop, implement, and/or enhance substance use disorder (SUD) recovery related interventions and inform policies
• Develops organizational mechanisms for efficiency and productivity to support project completion
• Works with RCOE-R personnel to define RCOE-R requirements and create timelines
• Develops and implements RCOE-R evaluation, including process and outcome measures

• Completed specific coursework related to occupational epidemiology
• Participated in monthly CARERC seminars
• Conducted qualitative and quantitative epidemiological studies for dissertation research

Lexington, Kentucky

• Taught weekly epidemiology lab
• Graded labs and examinations
• Provided assistance to students needing assistance outside class time

• Enrolled and interviewed participants for a health insurance literacy project
• Conducted focus groups and interviews with key informants
• Collected, entered, and managed data
• Conducted qualitative analyses using NVivo
• Prepared data summaries regularly for principle investigator (PI)
• Developed manuscripts with PI for publication

• Provided expertise on opioid exposure risks as it relates to first responders
• Provides analysis of geographic regional trends in local/regional opioid overdoses
• Developed materials to support opioid intervention research

Frankfort, Kentucky

• Collected, entered, and analyzed state-level enteric reportable disease data
• Interviewed enteric disease cases
• Created and managed investigations for enteric disease cases in CDC’s National EntericDisease Surveillance System (NEDSS)
• Assisted with outbreak investigations; collected, entered, and analyzed outbreak data

Department Of Otolaryngology, Head And Neck Surgery

• Provided administrative and managerial oversight for IRB-approved research projects
• Ensured fiscal and ethical compliance with all research activities
• Planned, coordinated, and supported interdisciplinary research team meetings
• Conducted multiple systematic reviews with principle investigator
• Recruited, screened, and enrolled study participants for active studies
• Developed innovative methods of recruitment for study protocols

Lexington, Kentucky Area

• Measured a variety of biometric wellness indicators among patrons
• Co-created wellness-inspired goals with patrons based on patron’s acquired health measures, wellness goals, and readiness to change
• Provided a friendly, welcoming, and timely Wellness experience to patrons
• Connected patrons to health improvement resources
• Assisted in set up and tear down for each event

Lexington, Kentucky Area

• Assembled data collection folders
• Recruited, screened, and enrolled study participants for study supporting the development of a brief screening tool to detect disruptive behavioral problems among children within the primary care setting
• Scheduled and conducted follow-up interviews with study participants
• Collected and maintained data
• Tracked participant enrollment and provided timely reports to principal investigator
• Transcribed qualitative interview data

Lexington, Kentucky Area

• Assisted Club Sports Director in advising 44 student-led club sports
• Guided and supported club sports presidents in the development of sport-specific risk management plans
• Ensured club sports compliance with University of Kentucky risk management policies and protocol
• Managed club sports facility reservations
• Lead CPR/AED/First-Aid certification classes for club sports safety officers and club sports facility staff
• Facilitated monthly skill challenges among club sports facility supervisors to ensure CPR/AED/First-Aid proficiency

Lexington, Kentucky Area

• Developed and utilized a stress education activity for a youth group based on evidence-based strategies
• Produced motivational Personal Exercise Plan Calendars to support the Employee Wellness Division
• Created a summary report conveying qualitative and quantitative data collected from the Minority Family Wellness Expo satisfaction survey
• Gathered and organized documentation for the Wellscore program of the Employee Wellness Division
• Assisted in the facilitation of the Fayette County Community Health Improvement Plan meeting

Pensacola, Florida Area

• Supervised 23 university club sports ensuring clubs were compliant with UWF Campus Recreation policies
• Developed new ideas to cultivate cohesiveness within Sport Clubs Council members
• Documented activity levels of sport clubs by means of a point system
• Created beneficial workshops for monthly Sport Club Council meetings
• Planned, organized, and facilitated Sport Club end-of-year banquet

Pensacola, Florida Area

• Hired, trained, and supervised employees to support multiple data collection projects
• Surveyed individuals using convenient samples within the Historic District of Pensacola to obtain data on preferences and perceptions of local attractions, parking availability, amenities, and effect of the Deepwater.
• Surveyed Pensacola locals by conducting phone interviews using a random number generator for sampling to obtain data on preferences and perceptions of Pensacola local businesses and parking availability
• Conducted pedestrian count projects for bi-annual estimates of visitors in the Historic District of Pensacola
• Created graphs and reports using Microsoft Excel to visually display trends among collected data for projects

Post-Masters Certificate In Program Evaluation

Doctor Of Public Health (Drph), Epidemiology

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Health Behavior

Activities and Societies: University of Kentucky Student Public Health AssociationServed as the Student Public Health Association.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Public Health

Activities and Societies: President and founder of the UWF Running Club, Group Fitness Instructor, Member of the Executive Board of the.