University of Tennessee
Public Health
1914 Andy Holt Avenue
384 HPER
Knoxville
TNUSA
37919
Biographical Sketch: Denise Bates Ph.D., RRT, CHES currently teaches at the University of Tennessee in Public Health and also has a joint appointment to the Center of the Study of Youth and Political Violence. Predominantly, her work over the last 15 years has been with refugees and immigrants, studying integration into dominant culture and the related and resulting health risks experienced by resettled families.