Melissa Hessock
Post-master's DNP Concentration Coordinator, Clinical Associate Professor
Biography
Hessock’s scholarly work has focused on menstrual equity and implementation of evidence-based Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer risk assessment. As a nurse practitioner, her clinical interests include adolescent sexual and reproductive health, contraception, preventive care, and evidence-based practice improvement. She currently practices prn in the Women’s Health Clinic at the UT Student Health Center. Hessock serves as a commissioner on the UT Global Strategy Commission, chair-elect of the Graduate Curriculum Committee, peer reviewer for Nursing in Women’s Health and The Nurse Practitioner, and faculty mentor for the Period. @ UTK student organization.
Hessock is an active member of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH), the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), the Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA), and Sigma Theta Tau. A proud UTK alumni, Hessock earned a DNP from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and an MSN with a family nurse practitioner concentration from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She began her career as a registered nurse with an AASN from Northern Virginia Community College and completed her BSN at Troy State University in Alabama.