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The Schools of Nursing and Pharmacy operate on both the Oxford and Jackson campuses. The Schools of Dentistry, Health Related Professionals and Medicine, and the Health Sciences Graduate School, are based in Jackson only. (Additional healthcare programs are available through the School of Applied Sciences on the Oxford campus.) Other than these exceptions, the schools above are on the Oxford campus.

Faculty Profile

Tess Lefmann

Social Work
Associate Professor of Social Work
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Longstreet
University, MS 38677
(662) 915-7336
Joined UM: August 20, 2015

Areas of Expertise

  • EPIGENETICS
  • INFANT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
  • NEUROSCIENCE
  • PRENATAL STRESS
  • SOCIAL WORK

Brief Bio

Tess Lefmann is an Assistant professor of Social Work. Dr. Lefmann received her PhD from the University of Tennessee Knoxville in 2014; a MSSW from the University of Tennessee in 2010; and a BA in Psychology from Duquesne University in 2006. Dr. Lefmann's areas of research include the physiology of stress during pregnancy, infant brain development, and epigenetics.

Degrees

PhD
Social Work
University of Tennessee-Knoxville (2014)

Committee Memberships

University Standing Committee