Institute for Integrated Behaviorial Health Faculty
Jodi Polaha, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Institute for Integrated Behavioral Health
Professor
Graduate School: Auburn University
Fellowship or Post Graduate Training: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Licensure: Tennessee Licensed Psychologist
Clinical Skills and Interests: Development and Implementation of Integrated Behavioral Health Workforce; Healthcare
Policy; Local Health Policy
Matthew Tolliver, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Institute for Integrated Behavioral Health
Director of Behavioral Health, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Clinic: ETSU Health Pediatrics
Graduate School: East Tennessee State University
Fellowship or Post Graduate Training: ETSU Department of Pediatrics
Licensure: Tennessee Licensed Psychologist
Clinical Skills and Interests: Pediatric Behavioral Health; Primary Care Behavioral Health; Integrated Care Implementation;
Teaching/Training
Alexander Melkonian, Ph.D.
Director of Behavioral Health, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Clinic: ETSU Health Family Medicine Bristol
Graduate School: University of Arkansas
Fellowship or Post Graduate Training: Internship: Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson VAMC; Fellowship:
Ralph H. Johnson VAMC Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center
Licensure: Psychology, Health Service Provider
Clinical Skills and Interests: Primary Care Behavioral Health Research and Quality Improvement
Jessica Turner, Ph.D., MPH, PMH-C
Director of Behavioral Health, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Clinic: ETSU Health Obstetrics and Gynecology Johnson City and Elizabethton
Graduate School: East Tennessee State University
Fellowship or Post Graduate Training: Cherokee Health Systems (Predoctoral Internship)
Licensure: Tennessee Licensed Psychologist
Clinical Skills and Interests: Perinatal Mental Health; Women’s Mental Health; Intimate Partner Violence; Substance
Use Disorders
Mina McVeigh, LCSW
Director of Behavioral Health, Department of Family Medicine
Assistant Professor, Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Clinic: ETSU Health Support Clinic
Graduate School: East Tennessee State University
Fellowship or Post Graduate Training: East Tennessee State University
Licensure: Tennessee Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Skills and Interests: Integrated Health and Addiction Care; Collaborative Approaches to Behavioral Health
in Primary Care; Clinical Supervision; Interprofessional Education; Motivational Interviewing;
Problem-Solving Treatment; Preparing the Behavioral Health Workforce to Deliver Compassionate
and Accessible Team-Based Care
Alanna Testerman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Clinic: ETSU Health Internal Medicine Kingsport
Graduate School: Palo Alto University
Fellowship or Post Graduate Training: ETSU Institute for Integrated Behavioral Health
Licensure: Tennessee Licensed Psychologist
Clinical Skills and Interests: Integrated Behavioral Health; App Integration; AI Use in Healthcare
Anna Mamo, LCSW
Lead LCSW, Medical SW, Department of Family Medicine
Clinic: ETSU Health Family Medicine Bristol
Graduate School: University of South Florida
Fellowship or Post Graduate Training: Charlotte Community Mental Health Services
Licensure: Tennessee Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Skills and Interests: Integrated Behavioral Health for Adults and Children; CBT/DBT/ACT Treatment Modalities
Aubrey R. Dueweke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Research Affiliate, Institute for Integrated Behavioral Health
Graduate School: University of Arkansas
Fellowship or Post Graduate Training: Medical University of South Carolina
Licensure: Tennessee Licensed Psychologist
Clinical Skills and Interests: Implementation and Evaluation of Primary Care Behavioral Health Programs
Katie Cheesman, MPH, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Assistant Professor, Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Clinic: ETSU Health Family Medicine Kingsport, ETSU Support Clinic
Graduate School: University of Alabama
Fellowship or Post Graduate Training: James H. Quillen Mountain Home VA Medical Center (Internship); ETSU Institute for
Integrated Behavioral Health (Fellowship)
Licensure: Tennessee Licensed Psychologist
Clinical Skills and Interests: Substance Use and Addiction; Medical and Psychological Comorbidities in Rural Populations
Kristen Fowler Riem, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Clinic: ETSU Health Pediatrics
Graduate School: University of Tennessee Knoxville
Fellowship or Post Graduate Training: ETSU Institute for Integrated Behavioral Health
Licensure: Tennessee Licensed Psychologist
Clinical Skills and Interests: Pediatric Integrated Care; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Psychological Assessment;
Early Childhood Development
Luke Hornby, LMSW
Medical Social Worker, Department of Family Medicine
Clinic: ETSU Health Family Medicine Kingsport
Graduate School: East Tennessee State University
Licensure: Tennessee Licensed Master Social Worker
Clinical Skills and Interests: Primary Care Behavioral Health, Community Resources, Street Medicine
Morgan Treaster, Ph.D., HSP
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Clinic: ETSU Health Pediatrics Johnson City and Elizabethton
Graduate School: East Tennessee State University
Fellowship or Post Graduate Training: ETSU Institute for Integrated Behavioral Health
Licensure: Tennessee Licensed Psychologist
Clinical Skills and Interests: Primary Care Behavioral Health; Working with Children Experiencing Chronic Medical
Conditions and Comorbid Developmental, Emotional and Behavioral Concerns; Eating Disorders
Nikita Thompson, LCSW
Medical Social Worker, Department of Family Medicine
Clinic: ETSU Health Family Medicine Johnson City
Graduate School: East Tennessee State University
Licensure: Tennessee Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Skills and Interests: Implementation of Integrated Behavioral Health
Tori Mingo, LCSW
Lead Behavioral Health Consultant, Johnson City Community Health Center
Clinic: Johnson City Community Health Center
Graduate School: East Tennessee State University
Licensure: Tennessee Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Skills and Interests: Implementation of Integrated Behavioral Health Within a Wide Range of Ages, Cultural
Backgrounds, Socioeconomic Backgrounds in Every Department of the Clinic: Family Practiced,
Pediatrics, and OBGYN