A $500,000, two-year grant led by faculty from the College of Nursing will increase outreach, education, and health care workforce development in rural areas of the state. The effort is a collaboration of UT Health Science Center nursing faculty with members of the nursing faculty at the University of Tennessee at Martin and the University of Tennessee Southern in Pulaski.
The grant was awarded through the UT Grand Challenges program, in which UT has committed up to $5 million to address the most pressing issues facing the state. UT defines the Grand Challenges as advancing K-12 education, strengthening rural communities, and overcoming addiction.
The program funded by the grant will deploy three mobile health units branded with One UT messaging to rural counties. One mobile health unit will travel from each of the three campuses involved to provide education, outreach, and training to nearby rural communities and to the health care workforces in those areas. The grant is led by College of Nursing Associate Dean of Research Ansley Stanfill, PhD, RN, FAAN (pictured left), and Associate Professor Alisa Haushalter, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC (pictured right).