Canyon Hardesty,Associate Director
Director, Community Education
Creighton University
University of Wyoming
MS
BS
2009-2011
2004-2007
2000-2004
Health Care Ethics
Kinesiology/Health- Public Health
Zoology and Physiology
A. Positions and Honors.
Positions and Employment
University of Wyoming
2014-Present Coordinator, Community Education-Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND)
Wyoming Department of Health
2013-2014 Communicable Disease Unit Manager- Public Health Division
2006-2012 Program Manager- Field Epidemiologist- Public Health Division
B. Recent Service Activities Related to Disability
2014-Present Member, Association of University Centers on Disabilities National Community Education Directors Council, Community Education Committee
Recent Service Activities Related to Health
2014-present Member, Laramie Reproductive Health Board of Directors
2011-2013 Director-at-Large, Wyoming Public Health Association
2010-2014 Member, National Coalition of STD Directors, Board of Directors
C. Presentations
1. Hardesty, C. (2013, October). Population and public health outreach. Laramie, WY.
2. DiRienzo, S., Hardesty, C. (2014, February). Wyoming Act Early. Association of University Centers on Disability.
3. Hardesty. C. Wright, T. (2012, April). WDH and WDOC partnership for communicable disease prevention. Poster presented at the 2012 National STD conference. Atlanta, GA.
D. Recent Grant and Contract Support
1. Wyoming Accessible Instructional Materials- (Wyoming Department of Education)- Project Coordinator- $99,619
2. Communities of Practice-Transition- (Wyoming Department of Education)- Project Coordinator- $138,860
3. Comprehensive HIV Prevention Programs for Health Departments (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)-Principal Investigator - Total of all awards $4.4 million
4. Comprehensive STD Prevention Systems-(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)- -Principal Investigator-June 2012-May 2014-Total of all Awards $1.42 million
5. Tuberculosis Prevention and Control- (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)-Principal Investigator- January 2010-December 2014-Total of all awards -$704,400
6. Viral Hepatitis Prevention and Surveillance- (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)- Principal Investigator- November 2009-October 2013- Total of all awards $449,575
