Elections
Peggy Valentine
Dean & Professor
School of Health Sciences, Winston-Salem State University
I have served in higher education since 1980 and have clinical backgrounds in nursing and physician assistant. My scholarship has focused on issues of diversity in the health professions and matters that affect health disparities locally, nationally and internationally. Issues of diversity in health care are very important to me and if elected to the Board of Directors, I will promote its discussion and call to action by the organization. Some of my greatest honors include being elected an ASAHP fellow and receiving the cultural pluralism award.
ASAHP Activities:
- Supported WSSU being an institutional member of the organization
- Attended and participated in at least one ASAHP conference or mid-year meeting for the past decade
- Presented papers and posters at several ASAHP conferences
- Promoted the participation for faculty at the conferences
- Participated in Capitol Hill visits to local congressmen and senators offices to discuss allied health funding
Other relevant experience:
- Board of Director experience on local, national and international organizations
- Three decades of experience in allied health
- Over two decades of leadership experience in allied health education as a department chair, associate dean and dean
- Active participant with the NC Allied Health Council