Paul Erwin

paul erwin

Director, UT Center for Public Health

Bio: Paul Campbell Erwin, MD, DrPH is a Professor and the Department Head for the Department of Public Health, and also directs the Center for Public Health at UT. Before joining the University of Tennessee, Dr. Erwin worked with the Tennessee Department of Health for 16 years, with the last 12 years spent as Director of the East Tennessee Regional Health Office. Currently, Dr. Erwin teaches the core Epidemiology course at the University of Tennessee and has taught additional coursework in health policy. As a Baker Center Fellow in Health Policy, Dr. Erwin collaborates with others across campus who are interested and involved in policy issues as they pertain to the public’s health.

Why are you involved in Together! Healthy Knox? "My interests are in the emerging field of public health systems and services research, focusing on local and state health departments, population health outcomes, and health disparities, particularly in rural areas. sI was a member of the original national workgroup which developed MAPP and am very excited about the opportunity to now be a part of a community-based coalition which is actually using the MAPP model.”




*Together! Healthy Knox uses Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP), a model developed by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), for a planned approach to improve health and quality of life.

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last updated on November 3, 2010