Vanderbilt University Divinity School

Cambrian Bio Appoints Health Policy Veteran Adrienne Hallett as Vice President of Global Policy and Strategic Initiatives

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Monday, March 20, 2023

NEW YORK, March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambrian Bio, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on treating and preventing chronic diseases of aging, today announces the appointment of Adrienne Hallett as Vice President of Global Policy and Strategic Initiatives. In this new role, Hallett will be working with foundations, government institutions and other groups for investment into Cambrian Bio's pipeline and gaining approval to launch primary prevention trials.

Key Points: 
  • Hallett has over 25 years of health policy experience at the highest levels of the US government.
  • She has drafted dozens of US health laws, including portions of the Affordable Care Act relating to prevention policies and programs.
  • Hallett will engage across Cambrian Bio's operations and companies to envision and implement product-specific strategies designed to increase the availability of Cambrian Bio's products worldwide.
  • Cambrian Bio recently unveiled two new pipeline companies: Isterian Biotech and Amplifier Therapeutics , with more announcements to come later in 2023.

Tennessee Higher Education Initiative and Scarritt Bennett Center Announced Inaugural Restorative Justice Fellowship

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Saturday, August 20, 2022

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tennessee Higher Education Initiative (THEI) continues to make groundbreaking inroads to opportunities for college programs in Tennessee prisons with the announcement of the Restorative Justice Initiative: Behind the Walls Fellowship in partnership with the Scarritt Bennett Center. The Inaugural collaboration was acknowledged at a community luncheon on August 1, 2022, held on the campus of Scarritt Bennett. The Restorative Justice: Behind the Wall Fellowship will allow fellows the opportunity to engage with students behind the wall pursuing their degrees through Lane College and Belmont University.

Key Points: 
  • NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tennessee Higher Education Initiative (THEI) continues to make groundbreaking inroads to opportunities for college programs in Tennessee prisons with the announcement of the Restorative Justice Initiative: Behind the Walls Fellowship in partnership with the Scarritt Bennett Center.
  • The Inaugural collaboration was acknowledged at a community luncheon on August 1, 2022, held on the campus of Scarritt Bennett.
  • Executive Director of THEI, Dr. Laura Ferguson Mimms shared, "We are exceptionally excited about this new partnership with Scarritt Bennett to launch the Restorative Justice Fellowship.
  • Today, Scarritt Bennett Center works to continue the powerful legacy of the Scarritt students, faculty, and staff in the fight for women's empowerment, racial justice, transformative education, and spiritual formation.

Book offers a logical, rational, factual, practical and systematic approach for Judeo-Christians to get and stay right with God

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Wednesday, September 30, 2020

His formal education includes a bachelors degree from Millsaps College and a bachelors degree and a masters degree in divinity from Vanderbilt Divinity School.

Key Points: 
  • His formal education includes a bachelors degree from Millsaps College and a bachelors degree and a masters degree in divinity from Vanderbilt Divinity School.
  • He is a certified counselor and therapist for drug and alcohol rehabilitation, having worked in several treatment centers where he developed a new approach to recognition, treatment and prevention of addiction.
  • In 1960, he returned from the seminary to Mississippi as a pastor and became involved in the integration movement.
  • He became an Air Force chaplain and server with distinction on various staffs with extensive responsibilities for people and programs.