WVU College of Education and Human Services Researchers
Department	PI Name	Email	Substance Abuse Research Topics	Other Research Interests
Learning Sciences and Human Development	Bernstein, Malayna	malayna.bernstein@mail.wvu.edu	Attitudes towards harm reduction, Women's perceptions of opioid use in their communities	Teacher Education, Teaching and Learning
Counseling, Rehab Counseling, and Counseling Psychology	Glenn, Margaret	margaret.glenn@mail.wvu.edu	Complementary and alternative healthcare practices, Substance use disorders
Learning Sciences and Human Development	Moilanen, Kristin	kristin.moilanen@mail.wvu.edu	Self-regulation, risk behaviors, and social relationships during the teen years
Counseling, Rehab Counseling & Counseling Psychology	Tack, Frankie	frankie.tack@mail.wvu.edu	Working with women, the LGBT population and those with co-occurring mental health challenges as well as providing training for community addictions professionals
Learning Sciences and Human Development	Troilo, Jessica	jessica.troilo@mail.wvu.edu	How the opioid crisis has impacted public school teachers in West Virginia; Creating a teacher toolkit	Perceptions of family members with varying statuses; divorced family dynamics; Father involvement

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Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design

WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design
Department	PI Name	Email	Substance Abuse Research Topics	Other Research Interests

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Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Researchers
Department	PI Name	Email	Substance Abuse Research Topics	Other Research Interests
Psychology	Blank, Melissa	mdblank@mail.wvu.edu	Co-use of opioids and tobacco	Nicotine/tobacco addiction
Psychology	Cherkasova, Mariya	cherkaso@mail.ubc.ca	Psychological and neural mechanisms underlying addiction and reward-directed behavior more generally
Forensic and Investigative Science	Jackson, Glen	glen.jackson@mail.wvu.edu	Identification of fentanyl analogs in seized drugs	Instrumental methods of analysis of seized drugs, including novel psychoactive substances and fentalogs
Communications	Kang, Katie	katie.kang@mail.wvu.edu	Reducing stigma surrounding the medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction	Unpacking the organizing process of stigmatized health organizations
Psychology	McNeil, Cheryl	cheryl.mcneil@mail.wvu.edu	Disruptive behavior disorders of children, assessment methods for behavior problems among children, and treatment outcomes
Psychology	Patrick, Julie	julie.patrick@mail.wvu.edu		Aging, grand parenting, health promotion, well-being, methodology
Psychology	St.Peter, Claire	Claire.stpeter@mail.wvu.edu	Supports for children who have been exposed to substance use/abuse
Psychology	Vonder Haar, Cole	Cole.vonderhaar@mail.wvu.edu	Behavioral factors related to substance abuse	Traumatic brain injury

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Health Sciences Center

WVU Health Sciences Center Researchers
Department	PI Name	Email	Substance Abuse Research Topics	Other Research Interests
Extension Service	Fitch, Cindy	cfitch@mail.wvu.edu cfitch@wvu.edu	Maternal and child nutrititon, food security, health equity

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John Chambers College of Business & Economics

WVU John Chambers College of Business & Economics
Department	PI Name	Email	Substance Abuse Research Topics	Other Research Interests

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Reed College of Media

WVU Reed College of Media Researchers
Department	PI Name	Email	Substance Abuse Research Topics	Other Research Interests
Strategic Communication	Colistra, Rita	rita.colistra@mail.wvu.edu	Media sociology and theory from a public-interest perspective as well as community and audience engagement

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School of Medicine

WVU School of Medicine Researchers
Department	PI Name	Email	Substance Abuse Research Topics	Other Research Interests
Behavior Medicine & Psychiatry	Berry, James	jberry@hsc.wvu.edu	Behavioral medicine and psychiatry, psychiatry, addiction psychiatry
Neurosurgery	Brandmeir, Nicholas	nicholas.brandmeir@hsc.wvu.edu	Postural instability in Parkinson disease, invasive neuro-electrophysiological monitoring, neurological basis of movement, evidence based medicine and research study design, neuro-stimulation
Medicine	Bryan, Nicole	nbryan2@hsc.wvu.edu	Infectious diseases
Neurosurgery	Dekeseredy. Patricia	patricia.dekeseredy@hsc.wvu.edu	Stigma, social medial and substance abuse treatment, policy	Health care disparities
Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry	Elswick, Daniel	delswick@hsc.wvu.edu	Psychiatry, behavioral medicine and psychiatry, cancer-oncology
Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry	Feinberg, Judith	judith.feinberg@hsc.wvu.edu	Epidemiology of hep B & C, HIV among PWID; clinical trials in substance use disordered; Peer Recovery Coach. Prevention and treatment of injection drug use associated infections	MAT initiation in Emergency Departments, stigma, hep C cure in active IDU, hep C in pregnancy
Neuroscience	Finomore, Victor	victor.finomore@hsc.wvu.edu	Human performance, physiological measurement and assessment, cognitive neuroscience
Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute	Galster, Scott	scott.galster@hsc.wvu.edu	Neuroscience, biomedical engineering, human performance
Emergency Medicine	Goode, Christopher	cgoode@hsc.wvu.edu	Emergency medicine
Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry	Goodykoontz, Toni	tgoodykoontz@hsc.wvu.edu	Behavioral medicine and psychiatry, child and adolescent behavioral medicine and psychiatry, psychiatry
Medicine/Infectious Diseases	Guilfoose, John	jguilfoose@hsc.wvu.edu	Infectious diseases
Family Medicine	Haggerty, Treah	haggertyt@wvumedicine.org	Family medicine, pediatrics
Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry	Haut, Marc	mhaut@hsc.wvu.edu	Human memory, episodic and working memory
Vice President for Health Sciences	Hodder, Sally	slhodder@hsc.wvu.edu	Infectious diseases, clinical trials
Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry	Lander, Laura	llander@hsc.wvu.edu	Behavioral medicine
Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry	Law, Kari	klaw@hsc.wvu.edu	Behavioral medicine and psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry
Obstetrics and Gynecology	Lemon, Kelly	kelly.lemon@hsc.wvu.edu	Centering COAT: A Collaborative, Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Peripartum Care for Women with Substance	Substance Use in Pregnancy
Obstetrics and Gynecology	Leonard, Cassie	celeonard@hsc.wvu.edu	General obstetrics and gynecology
Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry	Mahoney, James	james.mahoney@hsc.wvu.edu	Neuropsychological sequelae related to opioid use disorder, neurocircuitry of substance us disorders
Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry	Marshalek, Patrick	pmarshalek@hsc.wvu.edu	Behavioral medicine and psychiatry
Pediatrics	Pyles, Lee	lpyles@hsc.wvu.edu	Pediatric cardiology, pediatrics
Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute	Rezai, Ali	ali.rezai@hsc.wvu.edu	Neural circuitry, neurological sensors and monitors, and the development of surgical tools and new therapeutic strategies for neurological disorders
Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology	Robinson, Cory	cory.robinson1@hsc,wvu,edu	The impact of opioid exposure and neonatal abstinence syndrome on neonatal immunity and infection	The impact of IL-27 on earlylife immunity and vaccination
Anesthesiology	Rosen, David	rosend@wvumedicine.org	Pediatric cardiac anesthesia, pediatric critical care, anesthesiology
WVU Cancer Institute	Salkeni, Mohamad Adham	mosalkeni@hsc.wvu.edu	Breast cancer and phase 1 trials of novel agents in solid tumors
Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute	Sedney, Cara L.	csedney@hsc.wvu.edu	Assessing effect of SB273 on opioid prescribing Neurosurgery	Spine Surgery
Neuroscience	Setola, Vincent	vssetola@hsc.wvu.edu	Drug abuse, G protein signaling, human genetics, monoamine transporters, signal transduction, single nucleotide polymorphisms
Family Medicine	Shrader, Carl	shraderc@wvumedicine.org	Family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics
Physiology and Pharmacology	Siderovski, David	dpsiderovski@hsc.wvu.edu	Regulators of G protein Signaling in health and disease
Occupational Therapy	Whitney, Rondalyn	Rondalynn.whitney@hsc.wvu.edu	Create curriculum for health professionals to identify/treat SUD using an occupation-based approach	Adverse childhood experiences, maternal stress, mother-child co-regulation, narrative medicine
Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry	Winstanley, Erin	erin.winstanley@hsc.wvu.edu	Reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with the opioid epidemic and the use of technology to improve access and quality of behavioral health services
Obstetrics and Gynecology	Womeldorff, Penny	pwomeldorff@hsc.wvu.edu	WV healthy start/HAPI
Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry	Workman, Elizabeth	easixworkman@hsc.wvu.edu	Telepsychiatry services
Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry	Zheng, Wanhong	wzheng@hsc.wvu.edu	General psychiatry

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School of Nursing

WVU School of Nursing Researchers
Department	PI Name	Email	Substance Abuse Research Topics	Other Research Interests
Family/Community Health Department	Buck, Katharine	jbuck@hsc.wvu.edu	Community based systems of care, Palliative care, Rural health disparities
Adult Health Department	Carpenter, Roger	rcarpenter@hsc.wvu.edu	Managing diabetes	Mothering wile in a SUD recovery program. Add ons for the N100, N211, and N212; Online modules for opioids education.
Adult Health Department	Cotton, Sandra	scotton@hsc.wvu.edu	Internal medicine
School of Nursing Deans Office	Dichiacchio, Toni	tdichiac@hsc.wvu.edu	Health policy APRN scope of practice chronic disease management substance use disorder quality improvement leadership
Health Promotion & Wellness	Hulsey, Tara	tmhulsey@hsc.wvu.edu	High risk perinatal outcomes such as preterm birth, low birth weight, and maternal pregnancy behaviors
Charleston Campus	Ritchie, Teresa	tritchie@hsc.wvu.edu	Adolescent obesity enhancing student learning in an online class
Family/Community Health Department	Walter, Suzy	swalters@hsc.wvu.edu	Pediatric neurology, pediatrics

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School of Pharmacy

WVU School of Pharmacy Researchers
Department	PI Name	Email	Substance Abuse Research Topics	Other Research Interests
Clinical Pharmacy	Abate, Marie	mabate@hsc.wvu.edu	Maintain our forensics drug database; contains comprehensive data from all WV drug deaths	Database analyses, including drug combinations in deaths
Clinical Pharmacy	Garofoli, Mark	mkgarofoli@hsc.wvu.edu	Pain management, drug diversion/overdose, OTC pain medications, and substances of abuse
Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences	Lockman, Paul	prlockman@hsc.wvu.edu	Chemotherapy distribution into brain tumors and metastases, Nanoparticle drug delivery to brain, Effects of nicotine and or smoking on drug distribution
School of Pharmacy	Scott, Ginger	vscott@hsc.wvu.edu	Outcomes research related to pharmacy services, assessment of post-graduate educational programming, issues related to hospital pharmacy, and economic evaluation of pharmacy services and pharmacotherapy
Rational Drug Therapy Program	Small, Stephen	stevesmall1006@gmail.com	Drug utilization review, medication error prevention, pharmacy benefit management, pharmaceutical care implementation, and medical information transfer between health care providers

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School of Public Health

WVU School of Public Health Researchers
Department	PI Name	Email	Substance Abuse Research Topics	Other Research Interests
Health Policy, Management, and Leadership	Allen, Lindsay	lindsay.allen@hsc.wvu.edu	Health care access, Co-PI for West Virginia’s Medicaid 1115 Substance Use Disorder Waiver Evaluation
Health Services Research	Baus, Adam	abaus@hsc.wvu.edu	Application of health information technology in primary care settings, Quality care improvement, health informatics
Health Policy, Management, and Leadership	Bias, Thomas	tbias@hsc.wvu.edu	Public policy on health, Impact of health insurance policy on coverage and access to care, Understanding the impact of state and local economics and built environment policy on public health, and conducting community health needs assessments
Injury Control Center	Bossarte, Robert	rbossarte@hsc.wvu.edu	Development of large data systems in support of research and surveillance, identification of predictors of suicide risk, injury epidemiology and the intersections between community and individual-level factors.
Social and Behavioral Sciences	Coben, Jeffrey	jcoben@hsc.wvu.edu	Emergency medicine, Internal medicine
Epidemiology	Dai, Zheng	zd0001@hsc.wvu.edu	poly-substance involved overdose and comorbidities; WV drug-related deaths analysis	WV medicated claim data analysis
Health Policy, Management, and Leadership	Davis, Stephen	smdavis@hsc.wvu.edu	Syringe access, medication assisted treatment, and peer recovery support services in rural areas	Delivery of evidence-based programs via telehealth and policy barriers to implementation
Epidemiology	Gurka, Kelly	kgurka@hsc.wvu.edu	Opioid overdose, research
Epidemiology	Hendricks, Brian	bmhendricks@hsc.wvu.edu	Use of spatial statistics to describe the spatial context of addiction and access to treatment services	Infectious diseases, maternal and child health, Telehealth, technology based interventions
Epidemiology	Hulsey, Thomas	tchulsey@hsc.wvu.edu	Maternal and child health with a focus on pregnancy and newborns
Biostatistics	Huzurbazar, Snehalata	snehalata.huzurbazar@hsc.wvu.edu	Geosciences to bioinformatics, developing statistical methodology
Social and Behavioral Sciences	Jarrett, Traci	tjarrett@hsc.wvu.edu	Evaluation, community development and social action, community-engaged research, social capital development and access among young adults, health and social disparities in rural populations, systems and organizational development, social networking, and improvement science as it relates to health access and outcomes in primary care clinical settings
Health Research Center	Linn, Herbert	hlinn2@hsc.wvu.edu	Collaboration and communication
Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences	Martin, Christopher	cmartin@hsc.wvu.edu	Occupational medicine
Health Policy, Leadership, and Management	Moran, Garrett	Garrett.Moran@hsc.wvu.edu
Injury Control Center	Pollini, Robin	robin.pollini@hsc.wvu.edu	Mitigating the adverse health impacts of injection drug use, overdose, HIV, viral hepatitis, serious injection-related bacterial infections like endocarditis
Epidemiology	Rudisill, Toni	trudisill@hsc.wvu.edu	Impact of statewide naloxone distributions, feasibility of connecting OUD patients to care in ED	Relationship between drug use and motor vehicle collisions; injury epidemiology; injury policy
Epidemiology	Smith, Gordon	gordon.smith@hsc.wvu.edu	Injury epidemiology research, occupational injury research

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School of Social Work

WVU School of Social Work Researchers
Department	PI Name	Email	Substance Abuse Research Topics	Other Research Interests
School of Social Work	Gamble, Jenifer	jenifer.gamble@mail.wvu.edu	Nonprofit leadership development, transitions, and administrative capacity building, Accelerating non-profit impact through social enterprise models, and Innovations in global education and gender equality
School of Social Work	LeCloux, Mary	Mary.lecloux@mail.wvu.edu	Adolescent and young adult suicide prevention	Health service disparities. Evidence-based social work practice
School of Social Work	Morrow, Deana	deana.morrow@mail.wvu.edu	Behavioral health workforce development, including SUDS and other behavioral health needs.	Older adults: social isolation, dementia, congregate care, wellness. Licensure. Social work education.

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