American Health Association EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator™, Mid-South empowers and invests in social entrepreneurs and businesses that foster equitable access to good health throughout the Greater Memphis community. The goal of the Mid-South-focused Business Accelerator is to create business solutions to meet challenges our community faces by changing behaviors, expanding access to resources and improving the long-term health of [...]

Recently, the Center for PH-IDEAS, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded project, a collaboration between MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT and University of Memphis School of Public Health, organized its first Meet-and-Greet social and hosted 18 scholars from the SCHD. Through this program, current health department employees will be trained and educated in public health to support public health workforce efforts [...]

Grateful to have the opportunity to speak at the Determined to be a Doctor Someday event hosted at University of Tennessee Health Science Center. This annual event introduces high school kids from underrepresented communities to career pathways in the health field. Dean Joshi spoke on a panel with other local doctors and answered questions about why they chose their field, [...]