Rachel Womack PhD, MSW

LEND and Training Director

Phone: 859-257-3321

Email: rachel.womack@uky.edu

Responsibilities: Dr. Womack provides administrative oversight for the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND), Graduate Certificate in Developmental Disabilities, Undergraduate Certificate in Universal Design, and HDI Seminar Series. Dr. Womack also supervises practicum students and research assistants and serves as a course instructor for both certificate programs and the LEND. Additionally, she is an adjunct faculty member in the UK College of Social Work.

Experiences: Dr. Womack holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) as well as a PhD in Social Work from the University of Kentucky. Her practice experience primarily involves working with current and former foster youth as well as teens and young adults with developmental disabilities.

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