Dorothy Wallis, LMSW

PhD Candidate
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Dorothy Wallis has worked in community mental health and substance abuse treatment since beginning her social work education. With experience as both an admissions director and a case manager in non-profit agencies, she has worked to help individuals living with substance use and mental health diagnoses seek access to affordable and available treatment all over the state of Tennessee. These experiences have led her to pursue research on substance use interventions, substance use in rural communities, and access to treatment.

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Presentation(s):

• Foundation Decision-Makers Funding Practices and Biases amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Friday, November 11, 2022
  2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

• Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on a Rural Opioid Support Services Program

  Saturday, November 12, 2022
  1:15 PM – 1:45 PM

• Through Hills and Hollers, Opioid Use Recovery in Appalachia

  Saturday, November 12, 2022
  1:45 PM – 2:15 PM

• Exploring the Evidence-Based Practice Process with Social Work Practitioners

  Saturday, November 12, 2022
  2:30 PM – 3:00 PM