RECENT GRANTS

TRAIN curriculum development for the Tennessee Department of Health

Faculty from the University of Memphis School of Public Health will create 17 courses for the Tennessee Department of Health’s TRAIN Learning Management System to support public health staff training with the goal of providing a range of educational modules that will enhance the capability of the workforce of the Tennessee Department of Health. The 17 courses will include a high-level overview of content pertaining to a Master of Public Health (MPH) program, as well as several courses related to epidemiology, data management, evaluation and population health informatics.

Gender and race heterogeneity: The effect of worker-related preemption policies on economic outcomes

Dr. Courtnee Melton-Fant is currently working on a project assessing the racialized effects of preemption, which is when a higher level of government eliminates or reduces the authority of a lower level of government. The findings of this research will be helpful for policymakers, grassroots and community organizations, and other scholars who are interested in racial equity and

Climate, Environmental, and Energy Justice Research (CEEJR)

Led by Dr. Chunrong Jia, a team of SPH scholars proposed to establish a “Climate, Environmental, and Energy Justice Research (CEEJR)” group at UofM with funding from the UofM Communities of Research Scholars (CoRs). The long-term goal of CEEJR is to develop the research infrastructure, expand collaboration, build capacity, and engage communities to conduct transdisciplinary and translational research addressing climate, environmental, and energy justice issues with a focus on vulnerable populations in the Greater Memphis Area.

National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) 2022

Dr. Latrice Pichon leads a formative assessment to guide the successful collection of National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) data. The overall goal of the formative assessment is to characterize the populations of interest, inform operational procedures vital to implementing the NHBS, and assist with identifying potential field-testing site locations for reaching populations at highest risk for HIV infection. This assessment is funded by the State of Tennessee and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).