Describe your work at WVU in three words:
Challenging, rewarding, collaborative.
How do you define leadership?
Listening and fairness.
How do you define leadership?
Leadership is about much more than management or recognition. Leadership is selflessness,
innovation, and putting others needs before your own in order to get the goal
accomplished.
Where did you attend undergrad/graduate school?
I attended graduate school at East Tennessee State University.
What is the last book you’ve read? How would you rate it? (1-5 stars)
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, 5 stars – I love science fiction.
What is your favorite place to travel?
Grand Isle, Louisiana. Great fishing, beautiful scenery and friendly folks.
What is your name, unit, and position?
Brianna Sheppard, PhD, Assistant Director, WVU Institute for Community and Rural Health; Co-Director Community Engagement and Outreach, WV Clinical and Translational Science Institute; Adjunct Assistant Professor, WVU School of Public Health Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences