 The inaugural class will be composed of 35 first-year medical students.Professor Hannah Knudsen is currently performing a national study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse observing the impact of the Affordable Care Act on the availability and quality of Buprenorphrine treatment for patients with Opioid use disorders.In October 2018, a project lead by Professor Jennifer Havens received a $15 million federal grant along with $50 million in donated drug treatments in order to eradicate hepatitis C in Perry County, Kentucky.