CHARLESTON, W.Va. – During a recent episode of “Just Three Questions!,” Dr. Clay Marsh, who serves as the chancellor and executive dean of West Virginia University Health Sciences, and West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner discussed how business owners and employees can reduce rising health care costs and improve health outcomes.
Marsh said, “Feeling valued, feeling that the world is a grand adventure versus a prison sentence will help you live long and help you live well and that will indeed reduce the insurance costs that everybody will have to bear.”
Marsh is a national leader in academic and personalized medicine who has dedicated his career to helping individuals achieve better health and building innovative ecosystems that make it easier for people to thrive. He has served as the COVID-19 czar and as an adviser to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
Marsh oversees the university’s five health science schools and leads efforts to advance health care education, research and clinical care across the state.
He said, “We’re still recruiting, and we’re still growing. We’re now at the university plus the health system. We employ over 40,000 people, and we continue to spread across the entire state so that we can provide access to care for every person in West Virginia.”
Warner said, “Dr. Clay Marsh has dedicated his career to helping individuals achieve better health and in doing so he is helping our workforce be more productive and driving our state’s economy.”
The interview with Marsh and other recorded episodes of “Just Three Questions!” can be found on the WVSOS YouTube channel.
“Just Three Questions!” with West Virginia business leaders and entrepreneurs is an interview program hosted by Warner. The series is designed to inform West Virginians about services and resources available to entrepreneurs and business owners. The program also identifies economic drivers in the state. Warner is a former small business owner and entrepreneur who developed enterprise centers in Monongalia, Preston and Barbour counties. Before being elected secretary of state in 2024, Warner served as West Virginia state director of the USDA Rural Development and executive director of the West Virginia Economic Development Authority.
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