West Virginia Rural Health Awards

Lora Warford
lora@wvrha.org
304.435.7491

The West Virginia Rural Health Awards program recognizes the accomplishments of individuals and organizations in the field of rural health.

Award categories include:

• Outstanding Rural Health Student - Recognizes a health professions student for a significant student initiated and performed activity within the rural health field. Activities may include clinical, infrastructure development, research, promotional or volunteer activities.
• Outstanding Rural Health Provider - Recognizes a direct service provider who has exhibited outstanding leadership in the improvement of health care services in rural West Virginia. Nominees can include any healthcare provider from any discipline including, but not limited to, physicians, physician associates, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, social workers, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, and psychologists.
• Excellence in Rural Health - Recognizes an individual and organization who demonstrate creative work of particular effectiveness in applying knowledge or innovative organizational work to the betterment of community health.
• Outstanding Resident - Recognizes a resident who has initiated and performed extraordinarily within the field of rural health. The nominee will have significant accomplishments in rural health. Efforts may include clinical, infrastructure development, research, promotional, or volunteer activities.
• Dr. Bob Foster Award for Excellence in Health Professions Education - Recognizes faculty who exhibit extraordinary commitment to training the next generation of the rural health workforce in WV. The nominee will have made significant contributions to education, mentorship, and student success. Nominees for this award must be actively engaged in the education of students in health professions and be affiliated with a college or university within West Virginia.
• Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Honors individuals or organizations that promote equitable access to healthcare resources by individuals from minority backgrounds

Awards are presented at the annual West Virginia Rural Health Conference.

Eligible awardees are individuals and organizations who are deserving of recognition for their rural health efforts in West Virginia.

Awards are typically honorary.

The online nomination forms for each award category are available on the program website.