Our Vision

We will be one of the top 25 providers of women’s health in the United States. We will improve the health of the women of West Virginia and ultimately all west Virginians. The West Virginia University, Robert C. Byrd Health Science National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health will provide holistic (physical, spiritual and mental) health care to the women of West Virginia. We will be the number one resource, to women and all leaders in health care in the state of West Virginia.

Our Mission

The CoEWH will improve the well-being of all women across the lifespan through education, research, clinical care, community partnerships and promotion of leadership by women in academic health professions.

Our Goals

• To bring the National Designation to communities across the state to help focus attention and direct resources to improve the health and well-being of all West Virginians by leading women to healthy living.
  • by enhancing women’s knowledge about their health and ways to improve.
  • by inspiring women to improve their health and the health of their families through enhanced physical activities, nutrition and motivational outreach activities.
• To establish distinct geographic locations for both the hub and the community women’s heath care satellites. (WVU, Marshall, Osteopathic School, etc) with the purpose of establishing a reciprocating relationship between a central CoEWH hub and the community sites to maximize women’s health care, wellness foci, and policy evolution.
• To be among the top women’s rural health care education institutions in the country in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health.
• To increase the numbers of health care providers across the state primarily in rural areas.
• To occupy distinct clinic space for CoEWH health clinics
• To do these things through meeting the goals of the National Centers of Excellence through outreach, training, research, leadership development and clinical integration.
• To make an appointment with a Health Care Provider please call 304-598-4880