Department of Public Health

by Jennifer Russomanno, Assistant Professor of Practice When my partner and I started 2 Chicks and a Farm in 2012, it was partially because we recognized a need to bring…

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is expanding its online portfolio with Noodle, the nation’s fastest-growing network of online learning, to include a Master of Public Health from the Department of…

Veterinary public health students learn about the ways humans, animals, and the environment are all interconnected. Originally from Memphis, Elizabeth Molinet earned a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience at Duke University…

This is the second of two stories about UT’s efforts to understand and address opioid use disorder. Read the first story. Back home in West Virginia this past summer, Jason Trautwein…

For Jennifer Tourville, it started with babies. Before joining the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Nursing as a clinical assistant professor in 2015, she worked as a pediatric nurse…

Child and Family Studies Jeremy Kanter is an assistant professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies. In 2019, he received his PhD in Human Development and Family Science from…

Like you, all of us in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (CEHHS) are continuously making adjustments as we manage all of the rapid changes that the COVID-19…

Samantha Ehrlich, from the Department of Public Health, and colleagues have an article published in the newest volume of The Lancet: Diabetes & Endocrinology Journal, that examines whether a lifestyle intervention can help…

Written by Jennifer Jabson Tree, MPH, PhD We all experience stress—good stress (e.g., a promotion at work) and bad stress (e.g., family crisis). You may be experiencing one or both…

Written by Whitney Heins Many children want to be an astronaut when they grow up. Or a professional basketball player. Or a famous singer. Not Ellen McIntyre. Growing up in…