News
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HRC Director's Research Highlighted in Journal of Consumer Affairs
Thursday, June 15, 2017
As part of 2015 research on the Affordable Care Act, Health Research Center Director Dr. Tom Bias, with colleagues M. Paula Fitzgerald (WVU Business and Economics), and Tami Gurley-Calvez (University of Kansas) posed the question of what is known and unknown about consumer well-being in relation to the Affordable Care Act. This article was featured as one of the Journal of Consumer Affair's top 20 articles of the past 50 years.
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HRC Research Presented at 23rd International Trails Symposium
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
HRC Program Director of Research and Evaluation, Dr. Christiaan Abildso, traveled to the International Trails Symposium in Dayton, Ohio this month to present research on the business impact of trail development in Morgantown, WV.
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HRC Researchers Highlighted in Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Magazine
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
HRC faculty and staff research, in collaboration with the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), has been featured in the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Magazine. This research explores the business impact of trails in the greater Morgantown area. Research results will be used to influence development in the Industrial Heartland Trail Coalition.
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HRC Director Interviewed by WV NPR
Thursday, March 16, 2017
HRC Director and faculty member in the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Leadership, Dr. Tom Bias, was recently featured in a story on West Virginia Public Broadcasting. In his interview with Kara Lofton, Dr. Bias discusses the Congressional Budget Office's estimates and implications for West Virginia residents.
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HRC Director Quoted in Charleston Gazette-Mail Article
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Dr. Thomas K. Bias, Assistant Professor in Health Policy, Management, and Leadership was quoted in a recent Charleston Gazette article focused on the future of the Affordable Care Act, including the potential impact of repeal on the approximately 170,000 West Virginians who are covered under the Medicaid expansion.
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Consensus Recommendations for Pedestrian Injury Surveillance Report released
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Dr. Christiaan Abildso, assistant professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the WVU School of Public Health and HRC Director of Research and Evaluation, was a collaborator on a recently released report discussing pedestrian injuries.
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WVU HRC Faculty and Staff Partner with UHC for Community Health Needs Assessment
Thursday, June 30, 2016
The Affordable Care Act of 2010 requires that every non-profit hospital conduct a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and adopt an implementation strategy every three years. WVU School of Public Health, Health Research Center (WVU HRC) faculty and staff partnered with United Hospital Center (UHC) and WVU Medicine to facilitate a community-based process for collecting input about health challenges facing Harrison and Doddridge Counties. This process includes a community-wide survey of over 700 Harrison and Doddridge County residents, as well as a community event held at UHC to engage multi-sector leadership about potential organizations, programs, and services to address community health needs.
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Agarwal Wins Best Podium Presentation from ISPOR
Friday, June 3, 2016
Dr. Parul Agarwal, former HRC Graduate Statistician, was recognized at the annual meeting of the Internationl Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research for her dissertation research, "Health Care Expenditures Associated with Persistent Emergency Department Use: A Multi-State Analysis of Medicaid Beneficiaries."
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HRC Co-director and Cycling Advocate to Speak at Road Safety Conference
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Christiaan Abildso, Ph.D., MPH, assistant professor in the WVU School of Public Health and HRC Co-director to speak at Philadelphia Vision Zero conference on December 3, 2015.
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Health Research Center Awarded Paper Award
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Researchers from the Health Research Center received an award from The American Planning Association (APA) and American Public Health Association (APHA), in partnership with the Georgia Tech Built Environment and Public Health Clearinghouse for their paper entitled “Bridging the Divide: Policymakers and Public Health Researchers.”
