CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, June 19 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: Tennessee American Water has named Doug Wagner as vice president of operations. Wagner will manage the teams responsible for the daily operations in the Chattanooga and Sequatchie Valley Districts. Wagner reports to Grant Evitts, president of Tennessee American Water. Wagner began his career with American Water in 2002 and most recently held the position of Senior Manager for M  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee., June 16 (TNSPer) -- Chattanooga State Community College issued the following news release: Leesa Ross, Nuclear Medicine Technology Program director at Chattanooga State Community College, has been named a 2021 Fellow by SNMMI-TS, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging - Technologist Section. Selection of fellows are evaluated on volunteer service, scholarly and educational activities, and excellence in clinical practice of nuclear medicine and molecular i  more

DYERSBURG, Tennessee, June 15 (TNSPro) -- Dyersburg State Community College issued the following news release: Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) Division of Workforce Development and Continuing Education will offer an in-person IV Therapy Certification Course for current Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) in July. Each class is mandatory and will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning July 6 through July 22 from 4-9 pm. Classes will meet on the Dyersburg campus, in the Security Bank Communi  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, June 19 (TNSBook) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Dr. Istvan Karsai, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at East Tennessee State University, along with former ETSU Basler chairholders George Kampis and Thomas Schmickl, hope to spur discussions about the ways in which mathematics can help researchers better understand ecology, how ecology can provide new ways of thinking in mathematics, and how all of that as mathematical bi  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, June 18 (TNSOps) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: The Geoinformatics and Disaster Science (GADS) Lab at East Tennessee State University has received national recognition from FEMA, being featured in the federal agency's Mitigation Planning Success Stories series. Currently, the online storymap only includes 13 stories nationally. "To be featured in FEMA's Mitigation Success Stories is a huge deal since they only do a handful of these per mo  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, June 17 (TNSPro) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Cloud Wise Academy, an East Tennessee State University Innovation Lab affiliate member, recently concluded a six-week-long course designed to teach valuable coding skills and train students for technology professions. The Website Coding for Beginners course was the first coding experience for most students, and they learned to create websites with HTML, JavaScript and CSS. Through this cours  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, June 16 (TNSRes) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: A research project examining health care access for transgender patients culminated in a training event attended by more than 35 health care providers who were interested in learning more about local resources to improve care for this population. The online training event, held on May 7, 2021, was the result of the Transgender Access to Comprehensive Care Experiences Study in South Central A  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 19 (TNSRes) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Charles Lanman ('16) is passionate about living a healthy and fit lifestyle. He is also passionate about helping others do the same. And he knows that everyone has the power within themselves -- literally the DNA -- to live their best life. Lanman's research in genetics and computational biology has led him on a quest to develop custom health, nutrition, fitness and wellness programs through the explorat  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 18 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change created the Hooks Academic Research Fellows with the goal of increasing the Hooks Institute's research capabilities and interconnectedness with faculty working in civil rights across the nation. Serving for two years, Fellows assist the Hooks Institute in fulfilling its mission of teaching, studying and promoting civil rights and social change, a  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 16 (TNSGra) -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: The University of Memphis has received a four-year, $1.89 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Behavioral Health Workforce, Education and Training (BHWET) Program to establish the INTEGRATE program - Interprofessional Teams Grounded in Apprenticeship, Telehealth and Evidence. The program will provide funded practicums or internships for students in the follo  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 15 (TNSPro) -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: The Tennessee Higher Education Commission recently approved a new online Master of Nonprofit Management (MNM) at the University of Memphis. The program, which will launch this fall, is the first of its kind in the State of Tennessee and the Mid-South region, giving students the option to specialize in social justice or fundraising and philanthropy. The Department of Public and Nonprofit Adminis  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 16 (TNSMon) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Nathan Handley The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Pharmacy rose to number 14 in funding from the National Institutes of Health this year, according to a new listing published by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) of its approximately 140 colleges and schools of pharmacy. "NIH funding is highly competitive, and this ranking is   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 19 (TNSRes) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Lee Ferguson The University of Tennessee Health Science Center recently launched a new statewide initiative aimed at improving Tennesseans' health outcomes, quality of life, and health equity. The Tennessee Population Health Consortium is dedicated to transforming primary care practices in Tennessee. Jim Bailey, MD, Robert S. Pearce Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine, profess  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 17 (TNSGra) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Leigh Ann Roman The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Nursing has received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to fund a much-needed expansion of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) training and certification in West Tennessee. SANE programs are designe  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 16 (TNSPer) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Peggy Reisse Scott Strome, MD, executive dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been elected to chair the new Tennessee Rare Disease Advisory Council (TN-RDAC). The TN-RDAC was created by the Tennessee General Assembly. Dean Strome, an accomplished head and neck cancer surgeon and researcher, was appointed to the council, al  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 18 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Alan Burns Sandy Arnold, MD, MSc, division chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and medical co-director for the Antimicrobial Stewardship at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, will receive the 2021 Community Service Award from the Margolin Hebrew Academy Feinstone Yeshiva of the South at its 71st Annual Scholarship Banquet June 20. Dr. Arnold is being recognized for her effor  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 15 (TNSPer) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: One of the most accomplished and talented pancreato-biliary investigators and interventional endoscopists in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology, Mansour A. Parsi, MD, MPH, MBA, has been named as the Hyman Professor of Medicine and the chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.  more

GRAND JUNCTION, Tennessee, June 16 (TNSPer) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture is pleased to announce that Jodi L. Letham is joining the Ames AgResearch and Education Center as Assistant Center Director effective July 6. An animal scientist and agronomist, Letham previously served as an Extension associate at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Letham is the first woman to join th  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 17 (TNSGra) -- Vanderbilt University School of Nursing issued the following news: By Marissa Shapiro Assistant Professor of Nursing Jeremy Neal has been awarded an R21 exploratory/development grant of more than $250,000 from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities to assess the differences in labor progress and care among Black and white women with low-risk pregnancies. The study, which will focus on the frequency of cesarean births among the  more