Contacts

Michael O. Royster, MD, MPH
Office Director

Michael.Royster@vdh.virginia.gov
(804) 864-7435

Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy

Health Equity

State Office of Minority Health (OMH)

Minority Health Advisory Committee (MHAC)

State Primary Care Office (PCO)

State Office of Rural Health (SORH)

Kathy H. Wibberly, PhD
Director, Division of Primary Care and Rural Health

Kathy.Wibberly@vdh.virginia.gov
(804) 864-7426

Institutional Review Board

State Office of Rural Health (SORH)

State Primary Care Office (PCO)

Rexford Anson-Dwamena
Shortage Designation Specialist

Rexford.Dwamena@vdh.virginia.gov
(804) 864-7421

Shortage Designations

Thursa D. Crittenden
Outreach Coordinator for Minority Health Issues

Thursa.Crittenden@vdh.virginia.gov
(804) 864-7422

State Office of Minority Health

Unnatural Causes

Community-based Participatory Partnerships

Aileen E. Harris, MSA
Health Care Workforce Manager and Acting Rural Health Manager

Aileen.Harris@vdh.virginia.gov
(804) 864-7436

Health Workforce Advisory Committee

Incentive Programs (J-1 Visa Waiver Program, Loan Repayment Programs, National Interest Waiver Program, Scholarship Programs)

Primary Practice Opportunities of Virginia

Virginia Recruitment and Retention Collaborative/Virginia Community Recruitment Project

Health Care Workforce Policy and Planning

Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)

Small Rural Hospital Improvement (SHIP) Program

Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (FLEX) Program

Virginia’s State Rural Health Plan  

Rural Health and Telehealth Policy and Planning

Michelle E. Johnson, MEd
Information Technology Specialist

Michelle.Johnson@vdh.virginia.gov
(804) 864-7431

Website and Database Management

Ellen L. McCutcheon
Program Support Technician

Ellen.McCutcheon@vdh.virginia.gov
(804) 864-7420

Health Care Workforce Incentives Program Support

Nursing Scholarship and Loan Repayment Program Support

General Office Support

Golam Rabbani
CLAS Act Coordinator

Golam.Rabbani@vdh.virginia.gov
(804) 864-7437

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Health Care Services (CLAS Act)

Karen E. Reed, MA
Director, Division of Health Equity

Karen.Reed@vdh.virginia.gov
(804) 864-7427

State Office of Minority Health

Minority Health Advisory Committee

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

Erin A. Robinson
Program Support Technician

Erin.Robinson@vdh.virginia.gov
(804) 864-7433

General Office Support

Fiscal Support

Shakema F. Sanders, MSA
Business Manager

Shakema.Sanders@vdh.virginia.gov
(804) 864-7430

Personnel

Budget

Purchasing

Ken E. Studer, PhD
Social Epidemiology and Shortage Designations Manager

Kenneth.Studer@vdh.virginia.gov
(804) 864-7428

Designation of Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA)

Designation of Medically Underserved Areas (MUA) and Populations (MUP)

Research Data Specialist

Susan L. Triggs, RN, MPH
Health Equity Specialist

Susan.Triggs@vdh.virginia.gov
(804) 864-7429

Minority Health Advisory Committee

Collaborative Health Equity Initiatives

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

Healthy Virginians 2010

Kai Turner
NHSC Coordinator

Kai.Turner@vdh.virginia.gov
(804) 864-7429

National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Program