This two-year program is available to 75 of West Virginia’s top health professions students interested in rural health care across the state.
Rural Community Health Scholars focus on interprofessional education through clinical, didactic and community-based lenses, emphasizing how each scholar can create change and reshape the status quo for health care in their community.
Two-thirds of the inaugural cohort were WVU students and we are eager to welcome our next group of WVU health professionals.
Applicants should be interested in rural health, have a minimum 3.0 GPA and have at least two years remaining in their degree program. The new class of accepted scholars will begin this two-year program Sept. 1 and complete it in May 2026.
Health professions students in certain areas are eligible to apply. Contact us if you do not see your discipline listed; you may still be eligible to participate.
For questions, contact RCH_Scholars@hsc.wvu.edu.