Shelby County and U of M partner to build public health workforce
To bolster the local public health workforce, the Shelby County Health Department has partnered with the University of Memphis School of Public Health, which played a crucial role in the proposal that resulted in the five-year $13.8 million federal grant from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (The Daily Memphian file)
Over the next five years, the health department will use nearly $14 million in CDC funding to bolster its workforce and infrastructure.
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Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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