A 10th-grader in the W.Va. Health Sciences and Technology Academy examines a water sample for contaminants at West Virginia State. Each year, HSTA students attend summer camps on campuses across the state to learn research techniques for addressing health issues in their communities.
A 10th-grader in the W.Va. Health Sciences and Technology Academy examines a water sample for contaminants at West Virginia State. Each year, HSTA students attend summer camps on campuses across the state to learn research techniques for addressing health issues in their communities.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — A Morgantown service agency that works with the Health Science and Technology Academy has received a $259,610 grant to help further develop a digital platform for training research universities and communities to establish youth development programs in health science and medical professions.
Apis Creative is a small, woman-owned agency led by President and CEO Bethany Hornbeck. She said the funding will help expand the effort to address shortages in health profession.
“Shortages in health professions across the board demand our immediate attention, and this grant will help create HSTA-modeled programs that will train and prepare our next generation of physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and others,” Hornbeck said.
“We have been working on this workforce diversity initiative for almost nine years and, with NIGMS support, our team is prepared to meet and exceed our project goals.”
Hornbeck, a West Virginia University graduate, said the NIGMS SBIR Phase II grants that lie ahead may offer more funding and opportunity for this initiative.
“HSTA is important to so many children, families and communities throughout the state — we’re in 27 counties, governed by community leaders at the local and state levels, and supported by WVU, Marshall, Glenville State, and WV State,” Hornbeck said.
The program has had great success, according to the information provided by Hornbeck.
“More than 3,300 high school students have gone through the program, 99% have gone to college, 85% of those students have graduated, and 84% continue to live and work in WV today,” she wrote.
“And it was West Virginians who created the program and have run it ever since. It’s such a great example of our Mountaineer resourcefulness, perseverance and dedication to children and community. And now we’re working to take our model to other states as a way to build up the national health care workforce, so West Virginia could truly lead the way in making change happen.”
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