With $12M grant, UTHSC to become Center of Excellence for rural health care
University of Tennessee Health Science Center has been chosen to receive $12 million from the Tennessee Department of Health to lead a four-year, statewide program. (Courtesy UTHSC)
With a new grant, UTHSC hopes to create a model for improving rural health care across America.
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UTHSC rural healthcare Dr. Peter Buckley Wendy LikesAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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