Carilion working to address workforce shortages
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – Hospitals nationwide are dealing with workforce shortages and Carilion Clinic in Roanoke is not different. Carilion said despite its understaffing, it has still been able to…
Providers, nonprofits, colleges battle health care labor crisis
Beth JoJack // January 1, 2025 Many people may be aware by now that the United States is battling a shortage of nurses and physicians, but what’s received significantly less attention is…
Impact! Issue Winter 2025
The Magazine of the Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation Blue Ridge Partnership for Health Science Careers Student Ambassador, Hannah Puskar, was featured in the Winter 2025 issue of Impact!…
Igniting Opportunity: Excellence at Scale – 2024 Chancellor’s Retreat Keynote
Dr. David Doré, Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System, delivers his keynote address at the 2024 Chancellor’s Retreat and recognizes the efforts and importance of the Blue Ridge Partnership…
New non-profit to tackle healthcare workforce shortage across Virginia
By Joe DashiellPublished: Jul. 31, 2024 at 6:22 PM EDT ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – A new non-profit is tackling two critical issues: the shortage of healthcare workers and the need for more…
Cardinal Conversation: The statewide push to bring more people into health care jobs
RADIO IQ | By Fred EcholsPublished August 5, 2024 at 5:00 AM EDT Click the link below to hear about the Cardinal Conversation: The statewide push to bring more people into health…
A program developed in SWVa will serve as a statewide model to address a shortage of health care workers
The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation is partnering with the Blue Ridge Partnership for Health Science Careers, which was founded in 2019 in response to the region’s urgent need for health…
Members of the Blue Ridge Partnership Collaborate to Host the Governor’s School for Medicine and Health Sciences
At the Summer Residential Governor’s School for Medicine and Health Sciences in Roanoke, students will explore medicine and the health sciences as a foundation for integrated study. This takes place…
Mason tapped by HRSA to lead health workforce initiatives in Virginia
April 22, 2024 / By Mary Cunningham As part of a federal priority to address health care workforce shortages, George Mason University’s Center for Health Workforce has received $921,000 in federal funding from the…