The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is collaborating with the Hamilton County Health Department to conduct the most comprehensive health assessment in the county’s history.
Hiking for beginners incorporates basic survival skills
Beginning Hiking and Backpacking is a new Health and Human Performance class debuting in the spring 2023 semester and taught by Dr. Sarah Canatsey, an instructional developer for the Gary W. Rollins College of Business.
Comfortable and cute: Laura Moreland’s scrub caps a hit with nursing students
Colorful fabrics. Playful designs. Saucy sayings such as “Spicy like Propofol,” an anesthesia drug that burns on injection. All part of the scrub cap collection created by Laura Moreland, a student in the UTC nurse anesthesia program.
More than a knockout: National CRNA Week celebrates role of nurse anesthetists
Since 2000, National CRNA Week has been an annual celebration of the more than 59,000 practicing nurse anesthetists in the U.S. During the past 50 years, over 800 CRNAs have completed UTC’s program.
UTC professor receives grant to study state’s public health information-delivery system
Dr. Amir Alakaam, associate professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at UTC and director of its Master of Public Health program, recently received a $332,500 grant from the Tennessee Department of Public Health.
UTC, EPA ink MOU
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to increase cooperation and promote collaboration in areas of mutual interest.
Total Worker Health: UTC professor paving the way to rethink how work is designed
Dr. Chris Cunningham, a Guerry Professor and UC Foundation Professor of Psychology at UTC, was a steering committee member for a recently initiated professional association—the Society for Total Worker Health—which prioritizes providing all employees with a safe working environment.
Goblins and goats: Scenes from Halloween Goat Yoga
Halloween Goat Yoga, presented by the Center for Wellbeing, returned to Chamberlain Field on Oct. 26—complete with goats dressed getting in the Halloween spirit by dressing up in costumes.
Water ways: UTC MPH program raises awareness of preventing children’s exposure to lead poisoning
The overall objective of a Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation grant is for UTC MPH students to work with licensed childcare facilities in Hamilton, Bradley and Marion counties to test their drinking water for lead.
Aim of UTC initiative is for everyone to ‘Be Well’
Katherine Hewitt, assistant director of health education and wellness promotion in the Center for Wellbeing, is chairperson for Be Well—a coalition working to support the UTC community’s personal, academic and social wellbeing.