Post by ck4829 on Jul 30, 2017 12:39:20 GMT
In an effort to reduce health inequities in Memphis, Rhodes College has named its first population health chair.
Rhodes named Dr. Kendra G. Hotz as its first Robert R. Waller Chair in Population Health. Hotz, who has been at the college for 12 years, also serves as the coordinator of the urban and community health concentration.
The urban and community health program draws people from different academic programs across campus with students who have gone on to medical school, to study public health and to study health policy, Hotz said. She teaches in religious studies, urban studies and Africana studies.
The goal of the almost four-year-old program, according to Hotz, is to get students thinking about health inequities. The program delves into factors such as what food is available, transportation, access to health care, religion as well as race and class.
But, another of the program's goals is to actually make a mearable impact on Memphis and Memphians.
"We're not just objectively interested in studying health disparity," Hotz said. "We have this justice orientation. The expectation is because, in Memphis, we're at ground zero for health disparities."
www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2017/07/28/college-looks-at-local-health-inequities.html
Rhodes named Dr. Kendra G. Hotz as its first Robert R. Waller Chair in Population Health. Hotz, who has been at the college for 12 years, also serves as the coordinator of the urban and community health concentration.
The urban and community health program draws people from different academic programs across campus with students who have gone on to medical school, to study public health and to study health policy, Hotz said. She teaches in religious studies, urban studies and Africana studies.
The goal of the almost four-year-old program, according to Hotz, is to get students thinking about health inequities. The program delves into factors such as what food is available, transportation, access to health care, religion as well as race and class.
But, another of the program's goals is to actually make a mearable impact on Memphis and Memphians.
"We're not just objectively interested in studying health disparity," Hotz said. "We have this justice orientation. The expectation is because, in Memphis, we're at ground zero for health disparities."
www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2017/07/28/college-looks-at-local-health-inequities.html