What health disparities are related to cancer in our rural communities? Dr. Robert Winn, Director of the VCU Massey Cancer Center and Dr. Maria Thompson, Director of Community Engagement in Research

What staffing challenges are rural hospitals experiencing? Portia Brown, Vice President at Valley Health Page Memorial Hospital joined RHV to discuss how hospitals are dealing with workforce shortage

What is a syndemic? Toni Young of the Community Education Group and the Rural Health Service Provider Network joined me to discuss how rural health issues must be approached on a system-wide level.

What is Vicarious Racism and what Effect does it have on Mental Health for African Americans?  Kevin Dedner, Founder & CEO of Hurdle joined RHV to discuss mental health disparities and advocate for ce

What are the barriers for addressing dementia in our rural communities?  Katie McDonough of the Alzheimer’s Association of Central and Western Virginia joined me to discuss the needs of our aging popu

What are some of the barriers to healthcare faced by people living in Appalachia?   Dr. Teresa Tyson and Dr. Paula Hill-Collins from The Health Wagon joined the Rural Health Voice to talk about how th

What can we do to emphasize the positive aspects of rural living?  Laura Hunt Trull, current President of the Virginia Rural Health Association joined me to discuss health leadership in our rural comm

How do organizations such as the Virginia Rural Health Association assure they are serving all of rural Virginia?  Bryan Price, Past President of the VRHA joined RHV to discuss rural health leadership

What do the results of the 2020 Census mean for rural communities?  Hamilton Lombard, Estimates Program Manger from the Weldon Cooper Center at UVA joined me to discuss how population loss is harmful

How are barrier crimes an obstacle to healthcare access?  Dr. Kevin Doyle, of the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies joined RHV to discuss how barrier crimes are a good idea with