West Virginia University public health residency programs highlighted in HRSA's 2020 Report to Congress

To meet the requirements of the Public Health Service Act (section 768(d)), the Health and Human Services Administration provides a Report to Congress on the Preventive Medicine and Public Health Training Grant Program, of which West Virginia University School of Public Health residency programs are a part. 

This is the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Report to Congress. The excerpt pertaining to WVU follows below and can also be viewed on page 13 of the report (PDF page 14). 

... West Virginia University increased the frequency in which residents received instructional materials, webinars, and group discussions on COVID-19 by moving its didactic, journal club, and grand rounds to an online platform. The Program Director, in collaboration with the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau of Public Health, led a statewide online training program for COVID-19 contact tracing and successfully trained 223 individuals between May and September of 2020. Residents supported employees of West Virginia University Health System who reported COVID-19 exposures or sought information and direction. Residents also worked with faculty on the development of guidelines on the different levels of personal protective equipment and use of personal protective equipment in the West Virginia University Health System during the pandemic.