University of Tennessee, Knoxville

University of Tennessee at Knoxville:
MCH Leadership Program in Public Health Nutrition

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University of Tennessee – Public Health Nutrition

University of Tennessee – Department of Nutrition

Project Director

Marsha Spence, PhD, MPH, RDN, LDN
Associate Professor of Practice; Director, Public Health Nutrition
Department of Nutrition
1215 Cumberland Avenue; JHB 229
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-1920
mspence@nullutk.edu

Faculty Contacts

Betsy Anderson Steeves, PhD, RDN (eander24@nullutk.edu)
Assistant Professor

Katie Kavanagh, PhD, RDN (kkavanag@nullutk.edu)
Associate Professor

Hollie Raynor, PhD, RDN (hraynor@nullutk.edu)
Professor

Kathy Brown, PhD, RN (kcbrown@nullutk.edu)
Associate Professor

Eugene Fitzhugh, PhD (fitzhugh@nullutk.edu)
Associate Professor

Hilary Fouts, PhD (hfouts@nullutk.edu)
Professor

Research & Scientific Capabilities

Obesity prevention & treatment for Infants, Children & Families

• Infant feeding
• Behavioral interventions
• Environmental determinants
• School-based food environment
• Peer leadership and positive youth development in school & community environments

Workforce development

• Cultural competence
• Evidence-based practice
• Public health nutrition graduate competencies

Clinical & Public Health Relationships

Local

• Knox County Health Department
• East Tennessee Children’s Hospital

Regional and State

• Coordinated School Health
• Cherokee Health Systems
• Chota Community Health Services
• East TN Public Health & Preventive Medicine Forum
• TN Department of Health; Title V

National

• Association of State Public Health Nutritionists (ASPHN)
  • Annual Meeting Planning Committee
  • Poster Session Organizer
• Expert Panels & Working Groups
• MCH Nutrition Leadership
  • Emerging Leaders in MCH Nutrition Network
    • US DHHS Regions I-IV
• MCH Nutrition, University of AL, Birmingham
• LEND, University of TN, Memphis
• MCH Nutrition, University of MN
• MCH Nutrition, Baylor College of Medicine
• US DHHS, MCHB Priority Workgroups

Professional & Other Organizational Linkages

American Public Health Association

• Liaison
• Committee Chair
• Section Councilor

American Dietetic Association

• PHCNPG
• SCAN
• Weight Management DPG
• Hunger & Environment DPG
• TN Dietetic Association Board
• Knoxville District Dietetic Association Board

Association of Graduate Programs in Public Health Nutrition, Inc.

Dannon Institute National Leadership Institute

Eating Disorder Coalition of TN-Knox Area

Education & Training

Undergraduate Nutrition BS & Minor

Accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics

Accredited Dietetic Internship

Graduate Public Health Nutrition

• MS
• MS-MPH
• PhD
• Graduate assistantships
• Concurrent & block field experiences
• Research training
• Cultural competence training

Distance education

• Promoting Healthy Weight 2.0 colloquia
• Cultural and Linguistic Competence Express
• Impacting Process: Quality Improvement in MCH Training