March 17, 2023
The Oswego County Legislature appointed Vera Dunsmoor as the County’s new public well being director in January and the New York State Division of Overall health not too long ago confirmed that decision.
Dunsmoor has far more than 15 years of public well being practical experience, joining the county well being division in 2007. She has worked in numerous roles all through her profession with the county, like public well being nurse, supervising public well being nurse, director of patient solutions and deputy director of public well being. She most not too long ago served as interim director of public well being.
“Vera has considerable practical experience in well being care and has carried out a excellent job in her part as interim director of public well being,” mentioned Oswego County Legislator James Karasek, District 22, chairman of the Legislature’s Overall health Committee. “She has demonstrated her dedication and powerful operate ethic all through her years of service with the well being division, creating her an perfect candidate for director of public well being.”
Dunsmoor’s practical experience involves operating with well being care partners to merge well being care with standard public well being practices to boost well being outcomes for residents as effectively as managing each experienced and para-experienced employees to give excellent and compassionate care to residents across the county.
“It is a excellent honor to be chosen as Oswego County’s director of public well being,” Dunsmoor mentioned. “Our well being division operates diligently to market and safeguard the well being and effectively-becoming of our residents. We present a wide scope of applications and sources connected to preventative care, well being education, emergency preparedness, environmental well being, youngsters with unique wants and far more.
“I appear forward to continuing our efforts in these initiatives, operating with employees and neighborhood partners to create new public well being methods and major our division as we strive to boost the all round wellness of Oswego County’s residents,” she added.
Dunsmoor received an associate degree in nursing from Cayuga Neighborhood College prior to going on to attend Roberts Wesleyan College exactly where she received her bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s in nursing education.
All through her profession, Dunsmoor has been involved with a assortment of experienced affiliations. She at present serves on the board of directors for the Weston T. Hyde Oswego County Educational Foundation and is a member of the NYS Association of County Overall health Officials (NYSACHO) and the National Association of County and City Overall health Officials (NACCHO).
She has also received a number of honors, like becoming named on New York State’s Public Overall health Functions Honor Roll in 2020. This recognition honors public well being workers who have helped make New York one particular of the healthiest states in the nation.
In 2019, Dunsmoor was awarded a mentorship grant from NACCHO in response to the opioid epidemic gripping the nation. The “Overdose Prevention and Response Mentorship Program” partnered her with a mentor in a county with equivalent demographics to navigate powerful methods for responding to the crisis. Amongst other positive aspects, the plan reinforced partnerships with law enforcement, which led to the improvement of a Public Overall health and Security Group. The group will concentrate on applying information driven methods to minimize overdoses and deaths due to overdoses to develop constructive adjust in the neighborhood.
Oswego County Overall health Division solutions are obtainable to each resident in the county. For far more info, pay a visit to www.oswegocounty.com/well being/ or get in touch with the well being division at 315-349-3547.
