Radford University experts available: ticks in Virginia; D-Day anniversary

Radford, VA (06/04/2025) — Radford University professors are available for interviews on the following topics:

Ticks in Virginia
Jenny Hall started Ticks In Virginia to raise awareness about the dangers of ticks and tick-borne diseases. Hall, an associate professor in the Department of Public Health and Healthcare Leadership at the Waldron College of Health Sciences at Radford University at Carilion in Roanoke, Virginia, began teaching about Lyme disease in 2015 and conducting research with people impacted by persistent or chronic Lyme in 2018.

"Ticks are terrible this year," she said. "There is also growing evidence of more diseases circulating across the state (including Southwest Virginia), and that includes the rapidly emerging Alpha-gal Syndrome that we need to be aware of."

Since 2019, Hall has conducted urban tick surveillance project; tick-borne disease lived experience studies; population-specific studies on knowledge, attitudes, and prevention behaviors; and implementation science studies. She started Ticks in Virginia in 2023 and is committed to translating research and developing evidence-based resources to increase awareness and advance tick-borne disease education and prevention.

Jenny Hall
Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health and Healthcare Leadership
Waldron College of Health Sciences
jlhall2@radford.edu
(540) 831-2562

D-Day anniversary
Friday, June 6, marks the 81st anniversary D-Day, the allied invasion of Normandy, France. Radford University Professor of History Matt Oyos is available to offer his perspective on the complicated operations from a diplomatic, strategic operational perspective.

"Operationally, the success of the D-Day landings was not a given," said Oyos, an expert on American military history. "Amphibious landings are complicated operations, and the scale of these landings had never before been attempted. In spite of Allied advanced planning and preparations; material superiority on the land, sea, and air; and the depletion of German forces, crucial factors made the D-Day invasion a near-run thing."

At Radford, Oyos teaches courses on the history of warfare, including World War I, World War II, America's war in Vietnam, war in the modern age and war and American society.

Matt Oyos
Professor of History
College of Humanities and Behavorial Sciences
moyos@radford.edu

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Radford University experts available: ticks in Virginia; D-Day anniversary

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