TPHA's Annual Conference | Dr. Jerome Adams is Keynote
We are honored to announce that Dr. Jerome Adams will be our Keynote speaker at this year's Annual Education Conference. This year's event will be held in person at the Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on September 28, 29 and 30 with preconference sessions on September 27. Oral and poster presentations will align with this year's theme, Moving Public Health Forward: Reset, Restore, Refocus. If your organization is interested in being a Sponsor or having an Exhibit at the conference, contact Kim Harrell at [email protected] Online registration will open in early July.
Dr. Jerome Adams
The 20th Surgeon General of the United States, Distinguished Professor, Presidential Fellow & Executive Director of Health Equity Initiatives at Purdue
After growing up poor and Black in a Southern rural community, Jerome Adams went on to lead the 6,000 person U.S. Public Health Service as “America’s Doctor” during a worldwide pandemic. As Surgeon General, he brought a passionate commitment to fighting issues that his own family and community experienced, including limited healthcare access, chronic disease, substance use disorder and ensuing stigma, tobacco addiction, maternal health, mental illness, and the opioid epidemic. Dr. Adams’ talks merge his expertise at the forefront of national and global health policy with his own personal experiences: growing up with life-threatening asthma, as a brother to someone with substance use disorder, and as someone navigating politics to tirelessly champion the health of the vulnerable and voiceless during times of crisis.
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Why is Public Health Important?Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private communities and individuals." - CEA WinslowPublic health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases. Overall, public health is concerned with protecting the health of entire populations. These populations can be as small as a local neighborhood, or as big as an entire country or region of the world. Be Part of the Solution!TPHA is the official professional organization for those engaged or interested in public health services and is endorsed by the administration of the Tennessee Department of Health. In an effort to maintain high standards of quality in all aspects of public health, TPHA offers opportunities for health professionals representing diverse service areas to learn and share ideas throughout the calendar year. Continuing education credit is available for most public health designations. COVID-19 Video Updates Sponsored by ETSUThe Southeast Region has had the benefit of information and guidance from Dr. Randy Wykoff, dean of the College of Public Health at East Tennessee State University, throughout the pandemic. Stay informed by viewing his COVID-19 video updates Weekly Pandemic Updates here.
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Spring Meeting | June 14, 15 and 16, 2022
This year's Grand Division meetings will once again be combined and offered virtually through a series of webinars. For a list of speakers and to register online, go to Spring Meeting. Keynote speaker is Dr. Daniel Martin who will show attendees how to use Mindfulness Dialogue to build leadership capacity and improve processes and outcomes.
Daniel (Danny) Martin, PhD, is a theologian with an emphasis in Ecology. He is a principal creator of Mindfulness-Dialogue which has been used, worldwide, by groups and organizations to assist in leadership development, team building, program development, and cultural enhancement.
In 1973 Danny brought Dialogue to his work as a Catholic priest in Kenya. In 1981 he attained his Licentiate in theology at the Gregorian University in Rome. When he left Kenya in 1984, he continued to develop Dialogue as a Religious Advisor to the United Nations Environment Program. In this role, he helped create a process to engage the religions of the world through an initiative called The Environmental Sabbath. In 1986, under the mentorship of Dr. Thomas Berry, a pioneering Cosmologist, Danny earned his doctorate in Theology from Fordham University. Having left the priesthood in 1990 Danny became the Director of The Global Institute at Wainwright House, in Rye New York. While there he received a grant from Laurance Rockefeller to travel several continents engaging local environmental and religious leaders to create an Earth Charter. The Charter was presented in 1992 at the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In 1994 Danny established Cross River Connections where he continued to deepen the art of Dialogue by integrating the practice of mindfulness into an integral method known today as Mindfulness-Dialogue. He has brought this method to institutions such as the CDC, American Heart Association, Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies and Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
Danny was a founding member of many environmental initiatives such as Sound Waters, in CT, Greenbelt Safaris with Wangari Maathai in Kenya, and Conversations for Action, in Bedford NY, which has since become Bedford 2030. Danny continues to bring his work to programs such as The Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue at Iona College where he is also animator of the Thomas Merton Initiative. He serves as a consultant at institutions such as Greenwich Academy, Greenwich Psychotherapy and Associates, Talmadge Hill Community Church, Katonah Meditation Group, the Leatherman’s Loop and Creative Conversations.
Danny lives his life as a student of poetry, music, and language. Wherever Danny lived, he immersed himself in the culture by learning the language: Gaelic, French, Swahili, Kikamba, Italian and ‘American’. Danny grew up in Belfast, Ireland and resides in Cross River, New York with his wife, Ann D’Elia.