This year, Chattanooga community members and organizations came together to jump start the Blue Zones Project initiative. This project is to help areas around the world live longer and healthier lives and Chattanooga wants to become the first city in Tennessee to take this on. UTC MPH was more than thrilled to lend a helping hand…
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Amir Alakaam
Dr. Amir Alakaam is the MPH Program Director and Associate Professor UTC Department of Health and Human Performance. Dr. Alakaam has over six years of clinical experience as a Medical Doctor in family medicine and general surgery, and about eight years of teaching and research experience in nutrition and public health. He holds a PhD…
PHSA Update: Public Health Week 2022
This year, PHSA partnered with UTC’s Center for Student Wellbeing to provide campus with various events to promote healthy living and public health during National Public Health Week. This year’s theme was “Public Health Is Where You Are” so it was appropriate to bring public health to campus where our students are at! Every day…
Community Partner Spotlight: The Bethlehem Center
Josh R. Singh is the Director of Strategy & Growth at the Bethlehem Center and the Owner of Chattanooga Fitness Club. Josh was born in New York, NY, and raised in Queens and on Long Island. After four years of undergrad out of state, he followed his then-relocating parents to Atlanta in 2009. He moved…