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Vice President, Information Technology/Chief Information Officer Education
B.S. (Biology, minor in Chemistry),
M.S. (Biology, in Botany),
Ed.D. (Higher Education Administration, minor
in
Information Technology),
Research Dr. Fox’s research interests and expertise focus on improving information technology in distance education, K-12 outreach, e-commerce, economic development, community networks, telemedicine, MPLS, environmental modeling, library technology integration, and hospital information systems. Examples of her research contributions include being instrumental in implementing several statewide technology efforts, including Advantage Valley regional economic development presences, assisting the establishment of the first academic ATM network installation in WV, and WV’s first Cisco Academy, leading the efforts to establish the first web accessible library system in WV, and creating RuralNet which links 18 rural health care facilities, homes, and campuses to drug information, diagnostic support, educational material, and library resources. While she was a doctorate student in Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, Dr. Fox helped create a national computer model for predicting the environmental impact of biological, physical, and chemical parameters in stream basins, an effect supported by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Teaching Dr. Fox teaches Epidemiology, Telemedicine, Mapping Health Data (GIS), Diagnostic Support, Online Drug Information, Hospital Information Systems, Rural Health Care Networks, and Application Software.
Service and Outreach As a Special Assistant to the Governor for Information Technology, Dr. Fox has consulted and assisted the Governor of WV with important statewide technology issues that have contributed to the state's economic development, job creation, strategic planning, e-government, and statewide infrastructure development.
Dr. Fox has led a number of
grant-funded projects, exceeding $4 million, from Bell Atlantic,
West Virginia Prevention Network, Huntington
Foundation, WV Health and Human Services, Teubert
Foundation, MU University Physicians and Surgeons,
WV Secretary of the Education and the Arts, National
Telecommunication and Infrastructure Association,
Appalachian Regional Commission, the Kellogg
Foundation, WV Board of Trustees Technical Advantage
Program, Federal Technology Opportunities Program,
and Cisco Networks. By increasing access, as well as
improving and ensuring the quality of technology,
these projects used information technology
for improvements in post-secondary education and
distance learning, the state’s economic development,
and in making advancements in rural health care.
Dr. Fox is currently Vice President for
Information Technology at Dr. Fox serves as the chair of the Southern Region Electronic Campus Underserved Communities Committee and the Southern-Grown Policy Technology Committee. Contact Info phone: (304) 696-6706 Fax: (304) 696-3229 e-mail: fox@marshall.edu website: http://users.marshall.edu/~fox/
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