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 speaks with Beth Joslin Roth, a Tennessee General Assembly staff member, researcher and advocate. She provides a profile of gun violence in Tennessee. -
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.
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Dr. Carole Myers speaks with Michael Collins about whippets - small steel canisters found in whipped cream dispensers that contain nitrous oxide, which are being used to get high.
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Dr. Carole Myers and Jeremy Kourvelas, Substance Abuse Coordinator for the Smart Policy Network at the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service, discuss Tennessee's progress in reducing overdose deaths.
