ANNOUNCEMENTS

Current Students

Please remember to log onto UTHSC's Blackboard at http://courses.utmem.edu/ to access the Fundamentals of the Tennessee Consortium course in order to complete your course selection for the Spring 2008 semester located in the course documents' folder.  You will also need to complete your respective course evaluations.

Consortium Newsletters

Spring/Summer 2007

Spring/Summer 2006

Graduation Ceremonies

• Fall 2006 Applied Epidemiology graduates pose with former Commissioner, Kenneth Robinson, M.D.

Fall 2006 Applied Epidemiology graduates (left to right):  Darla Sampson, Susan Barber, Jennifer Kozlica, Linda Hensley, Amanda Mason, Former Commissioner Kenneth Robinson, Diana Saia, Mica Rudd, Margaret Zylstra, and Yolanda Woods.  Back row from left to right are:  Wendy Barrickman, Janice Brown, Jim Jellison, Erica Wilson, Russell DeBusk, Monica Durrett, Jerrod Wright, Beverly Watkins, and Elizabeth Cook.  Not pictured:  Shanna Booker, Valerie Dangerfield, Dawn Ford, Tina McElravey, and Kristie Threet.

• Congratulations to the following participants who completed the Applied Epidemiology certificate program in December 2005 and May 2006. 

  May 2006 Applied Epidemiology graduates (left to right): Marilyn Barnes, Carla Coley, Kevin Morris, Linda Charlene Jessee, Sharron McGuire, and Barbara Laymon.  Back row: David Brumley.

• The Consortium held its third graduation ceremony on May 23, 2006, at the Mid-Cumberland Regional Health Office in Nashville, TN.  The keynote speaker was Paul Halverson, Dr.P.H., Director of Arkansas Department of Health, and Professor & Chairman, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Public Health.

Theresa Lindsey, Acting Assistant Commissioner of Health (far left) congratulates the Fall 2005 graduates.  Students (2nd left to right):  Ashley Morris, Anne Eakes, Susan Michelle Casey, Shannon Railling, Sandy Moore, Gary Self, and Melissa Blair.  Not pictured:  Brenda Dugger, Pamela Isom, Bartie Scott, and Thomas Shavor

• The Consortium hosted its second graduation ceremony on Monday, December 19, 2005, at the Mid-Cumberland Regional Health Office in Nashville, TN.  The Keynote Speaker for this event was Dr. Bernard Goldstein, M.D., Dean of the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health.

Melinda McDaniel of Cocke County Health Department completed the Applied Epidemiology Certificate in May 2005.  The Consortium hosted a Graduation Ceremony in honor of Ms. McDaniel on Wednesday, May 25, 2005, at the Mid-Cumberland Regional Health Office in Nashville, Tennessee.

Commissioner Robinson congratulates Melinda on completing the Applied Epidemiology certificate.

• The Keynote speaker for this event was Dr. Marcia Brand, Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy, HRSA.
• In addition to the Graduation Ceremony, the Consortium presented two informational workshops:

• Communicating Health Disparities to the General Public and Policymakers: Lessons Learned from Health Campaigns by Pradeep Sopory, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, University of Memphis
• Cultural and Spiritual Competencies for Public Health Workers by Joanne Flowers, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health, East Tennessee State University.

Public Health Grand Rounds

The goal of the Grand Rounds concept is to provide state-of-the-art information on important public health topics to employees of the Tennessee Department of Health.  The Grand Rounds will feature lectures, presentations, and discussions lead by local and national experts on various public health related issues that are relevant to Tennessee. The sessions will also encourage an open dialogue among practitioners, leaders and visiting experts to allow employees to gain knowledge from their colleagues' work experiences.