News and Events
TNIPH Selects Correctional Career Pathways Participants
The Tennessee Institute of Public Health (TNIPH) at the East Tennessee State University College of Public Health has selected organizations in three Appalachian Tennessee counties to participate in the Correctional Career Pathways Project with funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission. Communities participating in this second round to further expand this model workforce development program for inmates in county jails are Hancock County, Roane County and Sullivan County.
TNIPH Awarded Grant to Work with Older Adults
Ginny Kidwell, executive director of the Tennessee Institute of Public Health, has been awarded a Tennessee Regional Healthcare Quality Improvement Collaborative grant from the University of Indianapolis to bring together the Northeast Tennessee Healthcare Quality Improvement Collaborative with members from nursing facilities and other partners to address quality issues through two Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement projects.
Ginny Kidwell Speaks to the Chamber
“The Chambers of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia are committed to working in tandem with Ballad Health and the U.S. Chamber Foundation to address some of these tough issues facing our region,” Beth Rhinehart, president and CEO of the Bristol Chamber, said in a news release announcing the local program. “We understand the value of a collective impact approach to achieving positive health outcomes and the direct benefit to our businesses, communities and overall region.”
Ginny Kidwell Quoted in WebMD
Bristol, VA, doesn’t have the economic drivers that its Tennessee twin has; Bristol, TN, contains a university, a hospital system, and a service industry that’s mostly absent on the Virginia side, according to Ginny Kidwell, executive director of the Tennessee Institute of Public Health.
County Health Rankings Webinar
Ginny Kidwell, Executive Director of the Tennessee Institute of Public Health, participated in a webinar entitled County Health Rankings & Roadmaps State Teams Learning Exchange: State Team Funding Opportunity Returns!
The webinar provided highlights and examples from past funding awardees – Ginny Kidwell from Tennessee and Tamara Bannan from California on September 29, 2016.
Regional Roadmap 2
Dr. Randy Wykoff, Dean,, is the keyote speaker at the April 5th TNIPH Regional Roadmap 2 workshop sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Appalachian Regional Commission, Niswonger Foundation, Eastman, and the ETSU College of Public Health.
Tobacco-Free Youth World Café
The Tennessee Institute of Public Health in partnership with the Niswonger Foundation and the Healthy Appalachia Institute hosted the Health Across Borders: Tobacco-Free Youth World Café on April 22 at the Train Station in Bristol, Virginia.
Correctional Career Pathways
Pictured: Kim Gass, Ginny Kidwell, and Sheriff Pat Hankins
The Tennessee Institute of Public Health (TNIPH) hosted a breakfast on May 23, 2016 in Greeneville, Tennessee to showcase the highly successful Correctional Career Pathways: A Journey to Hope project.
Tobacco-Free Youth World Café
Pictured: Representatives from sister public health institutes in South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia
TNIPH attended the Tobacco-Free World Café on April 13 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The event was hosted by the South Carolina Institute of Medicine & Public Health.
TRIO 2.0
Pictured: Shannon Blevins and Margie Tomann with Healthy Appalachia Institute in Wise, Virginia. Ginny Kidwell, Kris Bowers and Jordan Masters with the Tennessee Institute of Public Health, and Lee Pearson and Megan Weis with the South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health
TRIO 2.0 meets in Asheville North Carolina in November 2015.
Tri-Cities Community Health Forum
Pictured: Panel of multi-sector leaders (physicians, business leaders, economic development, non-profit)
The “Tri-Cities Community Health Forum” was held in Johnson City in 2015 to discuss the level of support for Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam’s “Insure Tennessee” proposal for Medicaid expansion.
2015 APHA Conference
Pictured: Kris Bowers
TNIPH was chosen to present on the Regional Roadmap for a Healthier Appalachian Tennessee project with both a poster and at a roundtable session at the November 2015 APHA Conference in Chicago.
East Tennessee Health Forum
Pictured: Community health leaders at East Tennessee Health Forum
Scott Niswonger, chairman and founder of the Niswonger Foundation, joins TNIPH leadership and community leaders at the East Tennessee Health Forum in Greeneville, Tennessee.
TNIPH Collaborative Efforts
Pictured from left: Row 1 - Kate Beatty and Ginny Kidwell
Row 2 - Billy Brooks, Nathan Hale, Randy Wykoff
TNIPH Executive Director Ginny Kidwell collaborates with faculty at the ETSU College of Public Health on a broad range of community-based and research projects.
TRIO meets in Asheville
Pictured from left are Ginny Kidwell, TNIPH; Lee Pearson, SCMPHI; and Marcia Quesenberry, HAI.
Founding members of T.R.I.O., a peer mentorship organization composed of the leadership of the Tennessee Institute of Public Health, South Carolina Institute of Medicine & Public Health and the Healthy Appalachia Institute, met in Asheville, North Carolina prior to the retirement of Marcia Quesenberry.
TNIPH presents in Weakley County
Pictured: Community leaders in Weakley County
A group of community leaders listen to a TNIPH presentation during the Weakley County Health Forum at the University of Tennessee-Martin hosted by the Weakley County Chamber of Commerce. The event was sponsored by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
TNIPH co-hosts in Hancock County
Pictured are Miranda Russell, Director of Hancock County Arts and featured speaker, Dr. Randy Wykoff, Dean of the East Tennessee State University College of Public Health
TNIPH co-hosts a Community Health Forum with Hancock County Arts in Sneedville, Tennessee. The event was sponsored by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to learn about the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps.