Rural Reimagined Faculty Grant Program Recognizes Dr. Nicole Henniger

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Rural Reimagined would like to recognize Dr. Nicole Henniger (Counseling and Psychology) for receiving Level 2 funding ($2,500-$10,000) from our Faculty Grant Program. Dr. Henniger proposed her project titled “Healthcare Provider Attitudes Towards Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Tennessee,” which will use survey methodology to not only “investigate the prevalence and effects of stigma towards drug users” in a sample of Tennessean physical and mental healthcare providers but also potential stigma moderators, “including healthcare providers’ mental models of addiction and experience treating substance use.” Her project will increase understanding of the stigma’s psychological origins, resulting in better-informed training programs for counteracting harmful mentalities and “more effective treatment and support for rural Tennesseans struggling with addiction.” We congratulate Dr. Henniger and encourage other faculty members to submit their ideas in the future!