Dr. Svetla Slavova is currently the principal investigator on grants from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Slavova is also a co-investigator for the HEALing Communities Study, funded by NIDA, serving as a co-director for its Data, Informatics and Biostatistics Core at the University of KY. Dr. Slavova’s main research interest is in analytical approaches to understanding and combating the opioid epidemic.