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Radford to establish center for rural health sciences in Roanoke; state budget includes planning funds
Summary
President Danilovich told the Board of Visitors the state budget provides planning funds to consolidate health-sciences academic operations into a single facility in Roanoke and create a center aimed at improving rural health outcomes, with plans to invite partner institutions to participate.
President Danilovich told the Radford University Board of Visitors that the state budget includes detailed planning funds for a consolidated health sciences academic facility in Roanoke and that the university intends to establish a center for rural health sciences there.
"We are preparing to consolidate operations into a single health sciences academic facility for which the state budget includes detailed planning funds," the president said. He described the center as "focused on improving the improvement of rural health conditions and outcomes," intended to recruit students from rural Virginia, focus clinical placements in rural areas and encourage graduates to remain as providers in those communities.
Danilovich said the center will be open to partnership with other universities that have health disciplines Radford does not offer, with the aim of creating a multi-institutional hub to address rural health disparities.
Why it matters: The planned center responds to state health-workforce needs in rural regions and ties to Radford's stated goal of increasing clinical placements and workforce pipelines. The board heard this as part of the president's larger report on institutional priorities and government relations.
Next steps noted in the meeting include hiring an executive director for the center and continuing planning work supported by state funds.
