TamaraAtkinson

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Tamara
Atkinson
Researcher, Consultant, & Trainer
Business Information
Town/City: 
Raleigh/Durham and Eastern NC
State: 
North Carolina
Country: 
United States
Contact Information
Email address: 
tbatkinson@gmail.com
Mobile number: 
919-812-1199

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About Me

Dr. Tamara Atkinson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Healthcare Management in the Tillman School of Business at the University of Mount Olive and currently serves as Chair for the Department of Healthcare Management and the Department of Human Resources Management.

 

Dr. Atkinson is a public health social worker with over 15 years of experience in the implementation of evidence-based practice models in behavioral health, tobacco cessation, and perinatal treatment. She specializes in program sustainability through the use of implementation science, effective organizational change management strategies, and quality improvement initiatives. She teaches undergraduate courses in research methodology, global health, and quality improvement. Dr. Atkinson also teaches courses in healthcare policy, strategy implementation, and quality and patient safety in the MBA-Healthcare Management program.

 

Dr. Atkinson received her undergraduate degree in Social Work (BSW) with a Certificate in Public Administration and Policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; her Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and her Doctorate degree from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), where she specialized in Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) and Healthcare Leadership.

 

Her research interests include implementation science, social determinants of health, and health equity. Dr. Atkinson is a Visiting Research Scholar with the Epidemiology and Epigenetics Lab in the Center for Human Health and the Environment at North Carolina State University. Her current research focuses on understanding how early developmental and perinatal stressors influence the risk of chronic diseases and whether identified epigenetic targets are associated with chronic diseases and some cancers in adulthood, particularly those that exhibit racial and ethnic differences in incidences and/or mortality.

 

Dr. Atkinson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and serves as an Advisory Council Member for the National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco and Cancer Control, which works with community mental health, substance use treatment, and public health organizations to reduce tobacco and cancer rates among people with behavioral health conditions.  Dr. Atkinson currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Carolina Pregnancy Center in Greenville, NC and she is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), an international organization committed to promoting high-quality Motivational Interviewing practice and training.

 

Education:

DHA, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

MSW, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

BSW, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD

Certificate, Public Administration and Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, County, Baltimore, MD

 

Service Information
Services offered: 
Introductory Training
Intermediate training
Advanced training
Supervision
Coaching
Coding
Training for Groups
Area of practice: 
Health
Addiction
Mental Health
Social
Organisational Change
Training Interests
Behavioral Health, Primary Care, Addictions, Tobacco Cessation, and Organizational Change
Training language 1: 
English

History

Member for
12 years 3 months
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