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Greg Heath, DHSc., MPH.

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Phone: 423-425-4323
E-mail: Gregory-Heath@UTC.edu

 

 

Background and Training:

  • Doctor of Health Science (DHSc); Physiology and Nutrition,School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, 1977
  • Master of Public Health (MPH); Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, 1977
  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.); Psychology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California 1972
  • Post-doctoral training in applied physiology - 1977-1980
    Department of Preventive Medicine and Medicine,
    Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer, Center for Health Promotion and Education, Division of Health Education, Behavioral Epidemiology and Evaluation Branch, Centers for Disease Control, United States Public Health Service - 1985-1987

Position and Teaching Areas:

  • Position: Guerry Professor, Department Head
  • Classes Taught: Physical Activity and Public Health, Exercise and the Older Adult, Worksite Health Promotion

Research Areas:

  • Community-based approaches to promoting physical activity
  • Physical activity epidemiology
  • Health disparities
  • Provider-based approaches to assessment and counseling for physical
    activity and diet

Service Areas:

  • UTC Perspectives Lectures Committee
  • UTC Campus Landscape Committee
  • Southside Community Health Coalition
  • Southeast Tennessee Regional Health Council
  • American Heart Association Chattanooga Chapter Board of Directors - 2006-2008

Professional Organizations:

  • American College of Sports Medicine (Fellow)
  • American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention (Fellow)
  • Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism (Fellow)
  • Certified Preventive/Rehabilitative Exercise Program Director, American College of Sports
            Medicine (current)

Honors and Interests:

  • Honors:
  • 2005-2008 Appointment to the State of Tennessee Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health
  • 2006- Moderator for the National Academy of Science Institute of
  • Medicine (IOM) Workshop on the Adequacy of Evidence for Physical Activity Guidelines Development, October 23-24, 2006
  • 2005 - Twenty year service medal, Department of Health and Human Services, United States Public Health Service
  • 2002 - Assistant Secretary for Health's Award for Outstanding Team Performance for outstanding service in developing effective public-private Healthy People 2010 partnerships
  • Interests:
    Movement - hiking, running, and playing with grandkids; good music and reading Father Brown stories

Curriculum Vitae