ETSUTennessee Public Health Training Center

at East Tennessee State University’s College of Public Health

The Tennessee Public Health Training Center (TNPHTC), also known as LIFEPATH (Long-Distance Internet Facilitated Educational Program for Applied Training in Health), is a workforce development partnership aimed at public health employees in the state of Tennessee. TNPHTC’s mission is to provide a home for the collaborative partnership between Tennessee’s academic public health training providers and Tennessee’s public health workforce and to provide comprehensive, competency-based training for that workforce.

TNPHTC’s vision is to be a vital collaboration that will provide multiple entry points for public health workers to obtain public health education and training designed to improve their skills, experiences, and competencies. TNPHTC provides a wide range of academic and non-academic programs to assure that Tennessee’s public health workforce has the knowledge, skills, and training to meet Tennessee’s present and forthcoming health challenges.

TNPHTC is housed in the College of Public Health at East Tennessee State University located in Johnson City, Tennessee.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
  • Academic-Practice Partnerships
  • Appalachian Health Outcomes
  • Community Health Assessment
  • Interprofessional Collaboration
  • Leadership Development
  • Rural Health
KEY PARTNERS
  • Center for Rural Health Research
  • ETSU College of Public Health
  • Tennessee Department of Health
  • Tennessee Institute of Public Health
  • Tennessee Public Health Association
STAFF

Taylor Dula, MPH

CBT Director
mckeehan@etsu.edu

Taylor Dula is the Assistant Dean of Student Services at the ETSU College of Public Health. Taylor is a faculty member in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health. She holds an MPH in Community Health and a BS in Public Health, both from ETSU.

As Assistant Dean of Student Services, Taylor oversees the Office of Student Services within the College of Public Health, which provides academic advising, career counseling, recruitment and retention of students, and offers other student support and services.