Dr. Jenny Hall, EdD, MCHES

Associate Professor

Radford University at Carilion

Dr. Jenny Hall is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health and Healthcare Leadership in the Waldron College of Health Sciences at Radford University Carilion in Roanoke, Virginia. She specializes in translating research into practice and creating content for diverse audiences related to tick safety and tick-borne disease prevention and started Ticks in Virginia (www.ticksinvirgina.com) in 2023. Jenny has been actively teaching, researching, and conducting public health outreach in the broad areas of ticks and tick-borne diseases for nearly a decade. She has led urban tick surveillance projects, patient experience studies, population knowledge and prevention behavior studies, and implementation science studies on prevention education activities.  Results have been used to design tick warning and education signs for parks and trails, develop resources for healthcare providers, implement employee prevention training, provide teacher training, create a school-age curriculum, and develop a video series with case studies for physical therapy students. Jenny received her doctorate in Community Health Education specializing in Environmental Health from the University of Northern Iowa in 2010 and has been a credentialed Master Certified Health Education Specialist since 2013.