Co-Director, Community Group Lead, Provider Group Co-Lead
Dr. Jennifer Tourville has been working with the RCORP-ETC since 2019. For the COURAGE program, she will oversee the Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Mentoring Program, the Faith Based Mentoring Program, and the Drug Take-back Initiative. Jennifer works closely with partners and consortium members in the grant area to facilitate community engagement and involvement in these activities to mitigate the consequences of the opioid crisis.
In her early career, Jennifer treated newborns and children as a pediatric nurse practitioner in primary care settings. She was then faculty at the UT Knoxville College of Nursing for several years, where she taught newborn and pediatric care and mentored student research related to neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. She currently serves as the Executive Director for the UT Institute for Public Service SMART Initiative and focuses all of her efforts on substance use programs in TN.