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Two Public Health faculty to be honored with WVU Vice President's Achievement Awards

Two Public Health faculty to be honored with WVU Vice President's Achievement Awards

As part of the WVU Health Sciences Vice President's Achievement Awards celebration, two faculty members from the School of Public Health will be honored for their work. Robert M. Bossarte, Ph.D., will be presented with the Vice President’s Scholar Award, and Ranjita Misra, Ph.D., will be given one of two Women in Science and Health (WISH) Advanced Career Awards.

Bossarte is director of the WVU Injury Control Research Center and an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology. Misra is a professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

The awards ceremony will be held Wednesday, April 10, at 4 p.m. in the HSC Pylons Lobby and is open to the entire Health Sciences community.

The Vice President’s Achievement Awards are bestowed annually on people and groups who have made significant contributions to the missions of the University and their schools and units. Winners were nominated by their peers and selected by the Achievement Awards committees.

Read the official release.