SPH Students and Faculty Represent UofM SPH at the Tennessee Public Health Association
2025 Annual Conference
September 17-19, 2025 – University of Memphis School of Public Health (UofM SPH) students
and faculty attended the Tennessee Public Health Association (TPHA) 2025 Annual Conference
in Murfreesboro, TN, where they had the opportunity to present their research.
Fourteen students from the SPH were selected by the Tennessee Department of Health
to receive a scholarship from the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) to attend TPHA
2025. As an additional benefit of this scholarship, students attended a reception
where they networked with TDH staff to learn about career opportunities in public
health.
The School of Public Health congratulates the following 14 students, which include
10 graduate students and 4 undergrads who were recipients of the TDH scholarships,
they include Bikram Adhikari, Ferial Ahmadi, Bilguun Batbaatar, Charlotte Boateng,
Brandy Bonnah, Mohammad Faisal, Shelbi Johnson, Yari Leverett, Jeanbaptist Nizeyimana,
Michael Ofori, Taelor E. Chavis, Jessica Rice, Frans Samosir and Zebunnesa Zeba. We
also extend our appreciation to the Tennessee Department of Health for their generous
support of our students!
Photo Gallery
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TPHA Annual Conference 2025
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Also in the photo are (L to R) Jamecia Richardson, SPH Coordinator of Experiential
Learning and Career Readiness, and the following students: Ferial Ahmadi, Shelbi Johnson,
Frans Samosir, Bikram Adhikari, Jeanbaptist Nizeyimana, Yari Leverett and Mohammad
Faisal.
(R) Dr. Marian Levy, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement
(L –R) Dr. Matthew Smeltzer, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Dr. Alex Parkhouse,
Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Science, Jamecia Richardson, Coordinator
of Experiential Learning and Career Readiness, Becky Kronenberg, Undergraduate Advisor
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TPHA Annual Conference 2025
d0b4637d-0265-4261-b738-4dd88670d4bd.jpg20250917-19-tpha-annual-jessicarice.jpg10066Jessica Rice Presenting her Poster
“Updates from the Tennessee Sickle Cell Disease Surveillance Program: Hospital Admissions
and Utilization from 2018 to 2021”
b5c861f9-f326-4a22-8d37-8cefd52e0abf.jpg20250917-19-tpha-annual-michaelofori.jpg10066Michael Ofori, Presenting his Poster
“Modelling the Risk Factors Associated with Female Genital Mutilation Among the Under-Five
Children in Ethiopia, A Retrospective Study”
50adfaa5-7247-4184-b732-aecd1b2cf785.jpg20250919-tpha-award-levy1.jpg10066Dr. Marian Levy Receives TPHA's Doris Spain Award for Distinguished Service
TPHA Annual Conference 2025
e66957ac-2487-489d-9056-3ad17bfa8fb7.jpg20250919-tpha-award-levy2.jpg10066Dr. Marian Levy Receives TPHA's Doris Spain Award for Distinguished Service
(L-R) Emily Rushing, TPHA President, Chelsei Granderson, TPHA Awards Chair, Kim Harrell,
TPHA Executive Director, Dr. Marian Levy, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice
and Community Engagement and Dr. John R. Dunn, Tennessee Commissioner of Health
