Category Archives: Faculty

Diving into the Healthcare Debate

 July 12, 2017 Community Service, Faculty, Faculty recognition, Media, Outreach Community Service, insurance, media, outreach, Public Health, social media wsmith12

On July 11, Assistant Professor Robert Lieberthal appeared on NBC affiliate, WBIR, to offer his insights on the debate over […]

To Drink or Not to Drink?

 July 12, 2017 Community Service, Faculty, Faculty recognition, Media, Outreach cancer, Community Service, faculty, illness, internet, media, misconceptions, myths, outreach, plastic, Public Health, safety, television, water wsmith12

Associate Professor Jiangang Chen appeared on WBIR, our local NBC affiliate, in order to debunk a common myth about the […]

JabsLabs Paper Published in “The Journal of Medical Internet Research”

 June 19, 2017 Announcements, Faculty, Publications, Research, Students current student, current students, disparities, doctoral, faculty, internet, Jabson, LGBT, media, minorities, publication, recognition, research, social media, student, students wsmith12

“Understanding Health Information Seeking on the Internet Among Sexual Minority People: Cross-Sectional Analysis From the Health Information National Trends Survey”   […]

Kintziger co-authors climate change white paper for the CDC

 May 19, 2017 Community Service, Epidemiology, Faculty, Faculty recognition, Publications CDC, climate, Community Service, epidemiology, faculty, government, Kintziger, media, Public Health, publication, recognition, research wsmith12

  The CDC recently released a white paper on climate change and health, co-authored by Assistant Professor Kristina Kintziger, entitled […]

New Grant Writing Course Coming Fall 2017

 December 20, 2016 Announcements, Classes, Faculty, Grants Classes, current student, current students, grant, Kimberly Eck, Public Health, student, students wsmith12

  This class is an introduction to grant writing for students with little or no grant writing experience. The course […]

Dr. Lieberthal featured on WalletHub.com

 October 6, 2016 Community Service, Faculty, Outreach, Publications, Research Community Service, faculty, MPH, Public Health, publication, recognition, social media wsmith12

  Congratulations to Assistant Professor Robert Lieberthal for being feature in the October 4 edition of WalletHub.Com’s feature story, “2016’s […]

Is Fluoridated Water Bad for You?

 October 4, 2016 Community Service, Faculty, Outreach, Publications current student, faculty, outreach, Public Health, publication wsmith12

  It’s a controversial topic. Is adding fluoride to the public water supply actually detrimental to our health?  Or do […]

Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 TPHA Student Video Challenge!

 May 20, 2016 Awards, Classes, Events, Faculty, Student Recognition, Students 2016, award, Awards, Classes, event, presentations, Public Health, recognition, students wsmith12

  The department would like to take a moment to congratulate Meredith Weekley, Karley Olen, and Elizabeth McCoig on receiving […]

Congratulations to our 2016 Faculty Award Recipients

 April 28, 2016 Awards, Events, Faculty, Grants award, Awards, CHE, event, faculty, grant, MPH, Public Health, recognition, research, Service Learning wsmith12

  Assistant Professor Jennifer Jabson Congratulations to Assistant Professor Jennifer Jabson for being the recipient of the 2016 CEHHS Irma […]

Dept. head Paul Erwin offers advice about the Zika virus on WATE-6

 February 16, 2016 Community Service, Faculty community, interview, media, outbreak, outreach, Public Health, service, television, zika, zika virus wsmith12

  On February 12,  Paul Erwin, professor and public health department head of the University of Tennessee Department of Public Health, […]