Altha J. Stewart, M.D., is senior associate dean for community health engagement at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She develops outreach services in critical health areas facing the local community, including mental health and chronic medical conditions, and leads research addressing issues related to systemic health inequities resulting in poor health outcomes, awareness about access to treatment for behavioral health and chronic medical conditions in persistent poverty populations. Stewart is president of the American Association for Community Psychiatry and a past president of the American Psychiatric Association, Association of Women Psychiatrists and Black Psychiatrists of America.