Kathy Hsu Wibberly
Director
Professional Bio
Kathy leads the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center (MATRC), one of 14 federally funded Telehealth Resource Centers working to expand access to care through sustainable telehealth solutions—especially in communities that face the greatest barriers to optimal health outcomes. I also serve as Director of Research at the Karen S. Rheuban Center for Telehealth, am an Associate Research Professor in Public Health Sciences at the UVA School of Medicine, and on faculty with the Healthy Appalachia Institute. She has been Director of the MATRC, housed within the University of Virginia Karen S. Rheuban Center for Telehealth, since 2012.
She has a more than 30-year public service career, with experience in public health, public policy, program development, program evaluation, grant writing, grants management and strategic planning. She currently serves as Chair of the USAC Board’s Rural Health Committee and Vice President of both the Virginia Telehealth Network and the Virginia Telemental Health Initiative boards. Kathy was Director of the State Office of Rural Health and Primary Care Office within the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) Office of Health Equity (OHE) prior to her position with MATRC. She holds degrees from Gordon College and VCU (PhD in Counseling Psychology), plus a certificate from the Management Academy for Public Health at UNC Chapel Hill.
She has a more than 30-year public service career, with experience in public health, public policy, program development, program evaluation, grant writing, grants management and strategic planning. She currently serves as Chair of the USAC Board’s Rural Health Committee and Vice President of both the Virginia Telehealth Network and the Virginia Telemental Health Initiative boards. Kathy was Director of the State Office of Rural Health and Primary Care Office within the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) Office of Health Equity (OHE) prior to her position with MATRC. She holds degrees from Gordon College and VCU (PhD in Counseling Psychology), plus a certificate from the Management Academy for Public Health at UNC Chapel Hill.
