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• WVU in the News: WVU researchers evaluate impact of local rail trails

  Thursday, May 23, 2019

  From 2016 to 2017, the West Virginia University Health Research Center evaluated the business impact of the Mon River Trails System, which is a network of 48 miles of trails in North Central West Virginia. Christiaan Abildso, assistant professor and the Center's program director, recently spoke with WBOY-TV about their efforts.

• WVU Public Health expert to share state's naloxone distribution program at upcoming national summit

  Tuesday, April 9, 2019

  At a national summit later this month, a WVU School of Public Health representative will showcase the statewide collaborative effort for naloxone distribution known as the West Virginia Rapid Response Project.

• WVU Public Health researchers evaluate impact of local rail-trails

  Wednesday, March 6, 2019

  An effort to expand a multiuse rail-to-trail network throughout the Industrial Heartland is drawing on the expertise and work of faculty at the West Virginia University Health Research Center.

• SPH faculty present to student Rural Health Interest Group

  Monday, January 28, 2019

  Dr. Lindsay Allen and Dr. Tom Bias hosted a Health Policy in Rural West Virginia presentation for the student Rural Health Interest Group as the January installment of their monthly presentations. 

• WVU in the News: Health policy experts weigh in on "pre-existing conditions" discussion

  Wednesday, November 7, 2018

  Associate Professor Tom Bias, director of the Health Research Center at West Virginia University School of Public Health, and Assistant Professor Simon Haeder, a health policy professor at West Virginia University John D. Rockefeller School of Politics and Policy, spoke to the The Register-Herald about the issue of pre-existing conditions in this year's election.

• WVU volunteers assemble more than 1,700 Naloxone rescue kits

  Monday, October 22, 2018

  For the second consecutive year, volunteers from WVU assembled naloxone rescue kits that are currently being distributed to WV counties that experience high risk of opioid overdose death.

• Public Health professor appointed to advisory board addressing critical state transportation policy

  Thursday, September 27, 2018

  Christiaan Abildso, Ph.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor in the WVU School of Public Health’s Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, was recently appointed to the Complete Streets Advisory Board by West Virginia Governor Jim Justice.

• HRC facilitates community meeting with Potomac Valley Hospital

  Monday, July 23, 2018

  Dr. Thomas Bias and Emily Sarkees traveled to Keyser, WV, to work with Potomac Valley Hospital leadership in facilitating a community meeting as part of their Community Health Needs Assessment process.

• WVU School of Public Health to kick off National Public Health Week celebration with national organization

  Wednesday, March 28, 2018

  WVU School of Public Health will celebrate National Public Health Week, April 2-7, with a series of events focused on student and community engagement. Check out the schedule and RSVP today!

• SPH welcomes new team members

  Thursday, March 15, 2018

  Join us in welcoming three new team members!

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