Taylor Dula
Taylor Dula, MPH, DrPH
Assistant Dean for Student Services
Academic Coordinator for Public Health
Academic Coordinator for Public Health
EDUCATION
Doctor of Public Health (December 2022)
Concentration: Community and Behavioral Health
East Tennessee State University (ETSU), Johnson City, TN
Master of Public Health, (May 2014)
Concentration: Community and Behavioral Health
East Tennessee State University (ETSU), Johnson City, TN
Field Experience with Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee – January 2014
– May 2014
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Dean of Student Services (May 2021-Present)
- Serve as College of Public Health student services representative across ETSU campus in various committees, councils, workgroups, and advisory roles
- Oversee College of Public Health Office of Student Services
Academic Advisor for College of Public Health (2014-2022)
- BS Public Health and BS Health Administration program advisor
COURSES TAUGHT
COBH 1010 Lifetime Behaviors for Healthy Living
COBH 2750 Medical Terminology
COBH 3083 Skills & Encounters III
COBH 4020 Leadership & Professional Development in Global Health
COBH 4030 Community Health
COBH 4082 Skills & Encounters IV
COBH 4457/5457 Emerging Technology for Health Professions I
RESEARCH FOCUS
Aging, public health workforce development training
SELECTED WORKS
ManuscriptsKidwell G, Bowers K, Dula TM, Wykoff RF. Using mini-grants to build multi-sector partnerships in rural Tennessee. J Appalach Health 2019;1(2):74-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13023/jah.0102.08
Southerland JL, Dula TM, Slawson DL. Barriers to healthy eating among high school youth in rural Southern Appalachia. J Appalach Health 2019;1(2):31-43. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13023/jah.0102.04
Southerland JL, Dula TM, Dalton WT III, Schetzina K, Slawson DL (2018) The National School Lunch Program in Rural Appalachian Tennessee – or Why Implementation of the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 was Met with Challenges: A Brief Report. J Health Sci Educ 2(2): 131.
Presentations
Center for Rural Health Research. NACCHO Preparedness Summit Pre-Conference Workshop (March 24, 2024). Cleveland, OH.
Dula, T.M., Minnick, C., & Young, D. (March 14, 2023). Utilizing an LMS to Support Training Needs of Rural Public Health Professionals. Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health Annual Meeting. Arlington, VA.
Taylor Dula, Denise Chavez-Reyes, Dr. Katie Baker, Dr. Debbi Slawson, Lee Cutshaw, Dr. Claudia Kozinetz, Dr. Mildred Maisonet. (2019, September). Assessment of Stakeholder Engagement for Conducting COPD Research in Appalachian Tennessee. Poster presented at the 76th Annual Tennessee Public Health Association educational conference in Franklin, TN.