BLACKSBURG, Va., April 13 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:

Sophie Wenzelsees her appointmenttothe board of directors for the Virginia Public Health Association (VPHA) as a "conduit" for information and opportunities to flow both directions between academia and public service.

"I'm hoping I can be a conduit - telling the students and my colleagues about what VPHA is doing, and then the opposite, promoting Virginia Tech's public health program with VPHA, so they get to know more deeply about what the program does, what we stand for, and ourOne Healthapproach," said Wenzel, associate professor of practice in theDepartment of Population Health Scienceswithin theVirginia-Maryland College...