HealthConnections
Every Other Tuesday during Morning Edition and All Things Considered
The brainchild of University of Tennessee Nursing professor emerita Dr. Carole R. Myers, HealthConnections examines the intersections between people, health, and policy.
What constitutes health? What does it mean to have or lack access to healthcare services? What are our most vexing health and healthcare challenges and how are they influenced by public policies?
In this biweekly series, Dr. Myers and her guests sort through these issues and more, giving you tools for understanding what you hear on the news and for separating fact from fiction in the healthcare debate.
If you have questions, comments or topic suggestions, reach out to Dr. Myers via email.
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On HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers is joined by Dr. Phoebe Tran, an assistant professor in the University of Tennessee Department of Public Health, to discuss cardiac rehabilitation. -
On this episode of HealthConnections, I'm Dr Carole Myers discusses homelessness with Erin Read, who is the Director of the Knoxville, Knox County Office on Housing Stability.
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Dr Carole Myers speaks with nurse midwife Jill Alliman to discuss maternal mortality rates, of which Tennessee has some of the highest in the United States.
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Dr Carole Myers welcomes Michael Holtz, a cancer survivor advocate, back to WUOT's HealthConnections to discuss the rising number of cancers among young adults.
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On HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers speaks with Beth Joslin Roth, a Tennessee General Assembly staff member, researcher and advocate. She provides a profile of gun violence in Tennessee.
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On HealthConnections. Dr Carole Myers and Michael Holtz, from Oak Ridge Associated Universities, talk about the incidence of early onset cancers in women under 50.
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HealthConnections is the show about people health and policy. I'm Dr Carole Myers. Late in 2025 Tennessee was awarded a federal Rural Health Transformation Grant. Today, I'm joined by Dr Matt Harris.
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Dr Carole Myers speaks with Beth Joslin Roth, a Tennessee General Assembly staffer and researcher, to discuss a profile of gun violence in Tennessee.
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Dr. Carole Myers and State Senator Richard Briggs discuss key health issues in Tennessee, ahead of the 2026 Tennessee Legislative Session. This episode is part 2, of a two-part discussion.
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Dr. Carole Myers and State Senator Richard Briggs discuss key health issues in Tennessee, ahead of the 2026 Tennessee Legislative Session.
