public health workforce

Five ways future health care leaders can tackle burnout in the workforce

March 23, 2026

A new paper from 911�� outlines how health administration programs can better prepare students to support health care workers.
Nursing professor serves as special advisor on US President’s Cancer Panel

October 11, 2024

Caroline Sutter, nursing professor and co-director of the Center for Health Workforce at Mason, was asked to be a special advisor for health workforce expertise on the President’s Cancer Panel public meeting on September 12, 2024.
911�� tapped by HRSA to lead health workforce initiatives in Virginia

April 22, 2024

Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner allocate $921,000 to expand training capacity and accelerate workforce development. Federal funding supports Mason’s Center for Health Workforce to serve as centralized technical assistance hub for Virginia health workforce development.
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Dean Melissa Perry writes op-ed about the game changing nature of training students with virtual reality

August 29, 2023

Dean Melissa Perry advocates for using virtual reality to train the next generation of our health workforce in today's Richmond Times-Dispatch. In a strained health care system, virtual reality is a game changer. Find out how Dean Perry and the college are leading the way and innovating health education by providing all our students with the opportunity to learn through VR

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