Full Name
Holly Dye
Job Title
MRC, Beyond Birth Program Director
Company
University of Kentucky HealthCare
Speaker Bio
Holly Dye, MRC, is a nationally recognized expert on addiction and the impact on children. After 20 years of work with foster children, in-patient and out-patient drug treatment settings, Dye created a model program for medical and behavioral health interventions with families impacted by substance abuse that utilized telehealth networks, a basic online training program and a 16-hour training curriculum for professionals. She has authored numerous publications, many specific to substance use disorders and child development, and has developed programs for parents with addiction. She is the recipient of the 2012 Bluegrass Alliance for Women, Impact Award; 2011 Department of Homeland Security Service Award; 2008 Victim Impact Program Service Award; 2006 Champion for Children Award, presented by Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky; and the 2007 Recognition Award by the Federal Medical Center for work done for the Victim Impact Program. She was featured in the A&E Special A Question of Life or Meth, which received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special, June 14, 2007. Dye currently works as the Program Manager of the Beyond Birth at University of Kentucky HealthCare and the University of Kentucky, College of Nursing Perinatal Research Center in Lexington, Kentucky.
Holly Dye