Ginny Sprang, Ph.D.
Professor, Executive Director
Ginny Sprang, Ph.D., is a tenured professor in the College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky, and executive director of the UK Center on Trauma and Children. She holds the Kay Seely Hoffman Research Professorship. Dr. Sprang is a principal investigator of a Centers for Disease Control funded randomized control trial to prevent child sex trafficking in middle schools. She is also the Principal Investigator of the SAMHSA funded Category II Secondary Traumatic Stress Innovations and Solutions Center. She serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Traumatic Stress, the official publication of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Her work involves the creation of translational tools, and the development, testing, and implementation of evidence-based treatments and practices to treat those exposed to direct and indirect traumatic experiences.