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The Tennessee Public Health Workforce Development Consortium is a program to enhance the capabilities of the staff of the Tennessee Department of Health by developing and implementing graduate educational programs.  These educational programs will focus on improving core public health competencies and will be based on curricula leading to the award of Certificates of Accomplishments in key public health disciplines.  These disciplines include health administration, community and behavioral health, environmental health, epidemiology, biostatistics and other disciplines related to the effective and efficient delivery of public health services.  

Members of the Tennessee Consortium include East Tennessee State University (ETSU), the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), the University of Tenenssee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH).