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Our researchers tackle a wide range of topics affecting population health. Use our database below to find a researcher that is addressing your areas of interest. Check out our centers, too. Let's collaborate!
The West Virginia Prevention Research Center conducts and translates community-partnered research that results in tangible public health strategies and products to improve patient and population health and reduce chronic disease health disparities.
Learn More About WV Prevention Research CenterThe WVU Office of Health Services Research provides quality of care improvement, health analytics, evaluation, practice-based research, and applied research support and coaching to health systems and community-based organizations to help address priority health conditions and concerns.
Learn more About Office of Health Services ResearchThis lab is dedicated to understanding and preventing injuries and deaths in the population that often result from two common causes: transportation and substance use.
Learn More About Injury Prevention and Driving Simulation LabWorking to understand and improve cardiovascular, pregnancy and population health.
Learn More About Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Research LabOccupational Medicine provides the full spectrum of occupational and environmental medicine care, with services ranging from physical exams to health screens to hearing conservation.
Learn More About Occupational MedicineThe Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WVU provides educational programs and opportunities for adults ages 50 and over.
Learn More About Osher Lifelong Learning InstituteThe Public Health Training Center provides skill-based training and continuing education opportunities targeted to the needs of the public health workforce and health care providers.
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Bethany Barone Gibbs, chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, has received notification of continued funding for the research project “Sedentary Behavior and Cardiovascular Health in Young Women.”
