{"id":38355,"date":"2021-10-08T09:35:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T13:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=38355"},"modified":"2021-10-19T09:48:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T13:48:40","slug":"master-of-public-health-program-earns-critical-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/master-of-public-health-program-earns-critical-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Public Health program earns critical accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_38356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"796\" data-attachment-id=\"38356\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/master-of-public-health-program-earns-critical-accreditation\/mane-program-20\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/10\/MANE-Program-20-161-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,796\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;MANE program Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 at Orchard Knob Elementary School. Emma Sampson, MPH (Delta Zeta), Taylor Yates, Exercise Science (Blonde), Victoria Norwood, Exercise Science ( Brunette\/Blue Shirt), Hannah Marcum, MPH, (Mocks Flock shirt), Kimberly Reid, MPH, (female with food), Ryan McCullough, Dietetics (male with food)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1582908170&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;42&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;MANE Program-20&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MANE Program-20\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;MANE program Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 at Orchard Knob Elementary School. Emma Sampson, MPH (Delta Zeta), Taylor Yates, Exercise Science (Blonde), Victoria Norwood, Exercise Science ( Brunette\/Blue Shirt), Hannah Marcum, MPH, (Mocks Flock shirt), Kimberly Reid, MPH, (female with food), Ryan McCullough, Dietetics (male with food)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/10\/MANE-Program-20-161-2-1024x679.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-38356\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/10\/MANE-Program-20-161-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/10\/MANE-Program-20-161-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/10\/MANE-Program-20-161-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/10\/MANE-Program-20-161-2-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/10\/MANE-Program-20-161-2-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/10\/MANE-Program-20-161-2-580x385.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/10\/MANE-Program-20-161-2-610x405.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/10\/MANE-Program-20-161-2-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/10\/MANE-Program-20-161-2-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">In February 2020, Emma Sampson, manager for the Master of Public Health program at UTC, works with students at Orchard Knob Elementary School as part of MANE\u2014Methodical Approach to Activity and Nutrition Education. The program promotes healthy lifestyles among children by educating them on the importance of healthy living.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In fall 2018, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Master of Public Health (MPH) in Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Program formally started admitting students.<\/p>\n<p>Just three years later, the program has received national accreditation.<\/p>\n<p>The Council on Education for Public Health, an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health, has given its seal of approval to the UTC program.<\/p>\n<p>Accreditation is essential to public health programs because it ensures that they meet quality criteria and standards. Some organizations, including the U.S. Public Health Service, require graduates of Council on Education for Public Health-accredited colleges or programs to be hired for Master of Public Health-level positions.<\/p>\n<p>UTC Vice Provost for Academic Outreach Shewanee Howard-Baptiste, who spent the 2020-2021 academic year as the Master of Public Health interim director, said she was \u201cover the moon\u201d when she learned the program gained five-year accreditation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recently received a beautiful email that said, \u2018Congratulations, your program is nationally accredited,\u2019\u201d Howard-Baptiste said. \u201cIt is so important for our graduates to be able to say that they graduated from a nationally accredited program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncil on Education for Public Health accreditation means we have a set of standards that ensure our students are prepared public health professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graduates from the master&#8217;s in public health program, offered through the College of Health, Education and Professional Studies, can be found in fields such as healthcare policy development, hospital administration, health communication or education and risk management.<\/p>\n<p>The program has garnered a lot of recent attention due to the work performed by COVID-19 contact tracers during the pandemic. Rosa Cantu, a member of the first Master of Public Health class in 2020, is the now the contact tracing coordinator for UTC. Layra Navarro-Flores, Brandon Denney and Mary Ferris are recent program alumni who serve as University contact tracers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very surreal to say that I was a student and an alum and now a staff member, being there from the very beginning and seeing it all come to fruition,\u201d said Emma Sampson, now the Master of Public Health program manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never thought in my wildest dreams that, in my last semester while in a public health program, that a public health pandemic was going to happen. I immediately had to put into gear everything that I learned in this program, and I felt very prepared to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Howard-Baptiste said the road to accreditation began under former program director Mark Stoutenberg. 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