Addiction

• Dr. James Berry

  Professor and Chair, Director of Addictions, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
  Associate Professor, Neuroscience, School of Medicine

  Media inquiries should be directed to Tara Scatterday, Executive Director, Communications and Institutional Relations University Engagement - Health Sciences
  

  Office: +1 (304) 293-0630

  Mobile:

  Email: tdscatterday@hsc.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Substance Use Disorders, Addiction, Opioid Withdrawal, Psychiatry of Addiction, Opioid Use and Disorders, Treatment for Addiction

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• Kathleen M. Chiasson-Downs

  Lead Clinician for Addiction Services, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
  Clinical Therapist, Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, School of Medicine

  Media inquiries should be directed to Cassie Thomas, Director, Communications and Marketing, School of Medicine
  

  Office: +1 (304) 293-3412

  Mobile:

  Email: Cassie.Thomas@hsc.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Anxiety, Depression, Addiction, Trauma

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• Lesley Cottrell

  Professor, Vice-Chair, Department of Pediatrics Research
  Director, WV Center of Excellence for Disabilities

  Media inquiries should be directed to Cassie Thomas, Director, Communications and Marketing, School of Medicine
  

  Office: +1 (304) 293-3412

  Mobile:

  Email: Cassie.Thomas@hsc.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Adolescent Risk, Pediatric Obesity, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Family Health Decision Making, Disability, Parent Influence on Child and Adolescent Health, Addiction

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• Steve Davis

  Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Leadership
  Adjunct Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

  Media inquiries should be directed to Lindsay Wiles, Director of Marketing and Communications, School of Public Health
  

  Office: +1 (304) 293-1699

  Mobile:

  Email: Lindsay.Wiles@hsc.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Telehealth, Addiction, Needle Exchange Programs, Use of Injetectable Drugs, Opioid Use and Disorders

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• Dr. Judith Feinberg

  Vice Chair, Research and Professor Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine

  Media inquiries should be directed to Cassie Thomas, Director, Communications and Marketing, School of Medicine
  

  Office: +1 (304) 293-3412

  Mobile:

  Email: Cassie.Thomas@hsc.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  HIV, Substance Use Disorders, Addiction, Overdose and Opioids, Needle Exchange Programs, Harm Reduction Services

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• Dr. Sally Hodder

  Director, Associate Vice President, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Professor, Medicine, School of Medicine

  Media inquiries should be directed to Tara Scatterday, Executive Director, Communications and Institutional Relations University Engagement - Health Sciences
  

  Office: +1 (304) 293-0630

  Mobile:

  Email: tdscatterday@hsc.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Translational Research, Infectious diseases, Hepatitis-C, HIV and AIDS, Addiction, Research on Rural Areas, Health in Rural Areas, Infectious Disease

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• Alfgeir Kristjansson

  Associate Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health

  Media inquiries should be directed to Lindsay Wiles, Director of Marketing and Communications, School of Public Health
  

  Office: +1 (304) 293-1699

  Mobile:

  Email: Lindsay.Wiles@hsc.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Primary Substance Use Prevention, Adolescent Substance Use, Community Health Promotion, Intervention Design, Addiction

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• Laura Lander

  Addiction Therapist and Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, School of Medicine
  Associate Professor, Neuroscience, School of Medicine

  Media inquiries should be directed to Cassie Thomas, Director, Communications and Marketing, School of Medicine
  

  Office: +1 (304) 293-3412

  Mobile:

  Email: Cassie.Thomas@hsc.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Addiction, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Substance Use Disorders, Psychiatry and Addiction, Treatment for Addiction, Opioid Use and Disorders

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• Dr. Clay Marsh

  Chancellor, Executive Dean, WVU Health Sciences, Dean, School of Medicine

  Media inquiries should be directed to Tara Scatterday, Executive Director, Communications and Institutional Relations University Engagement - Health Sciences
  

  Office: +1 (304) 293-0630

  Mobile:

  Email: tdscatterday@hsc.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Health, Wellness, Addiction, Personal Medicine, Health Policies, Critical and Pulmonary Care

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• Robin Pollini

  Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health
  Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, School of Medicine

  Media inquiries should be directed to Lindsay Wiles, Director of Marketing and Communications, School of Public Health
  

  Office: +1 (304) 293-1699

  Mobile:

  Email: Lindsay.Wiles@hsc.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Overdose, Addiction, Infection and Injectable Drugs, The Use of Injectable Drugs, Harm Reduction Programs

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• Dr. Ali Rezai

  Director, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute; Associate Dean
  John D. Rockefeller IV Tenured Professor in Neuroscience, School of Medicine

  Media inquiries should be directed to Tara Scatterday, Executive Director, Communications and Institutional Relations University Engagement - Health Sciences
  

  Office: +1 (304) 293-0630

  Mobile:

  Email: tdscatterday@hsc.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Neurosciences, Addiction, Brain Research

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• Carrie Rishel

  Program Director, Rural Integrated Behavioral Health Training, Professor, Social Work, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

  Office: +1 (304) 293-6377

  Email: Carrie.Rishel@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Addiction, Mental Health and Children, Behavioral Health in Childhood, Integrating Behaviroal Healthcare, Risk Factors in Youth, Protective Factors in Youth, Prevention and Early Intervention, Mental Health Services in Schools

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• Frankie Tack

  Coordinator, Mental Health and Addiction Studies Program, College of Applied Human Sciences
  Clinical Assistant Professor, Counseling and Learning Sciences

  Media inquiries should be directed to Adam Zundell, Marketing and Communications Director, College of Applied Human Sciences
  

  Office: +1 (304) 293-3295

  Mobile:

  Email: Adam.Zundell@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Families and Addiction, Women and Addiction, Clinical Supervision and Addiction, Nicotine Dependence and Smoking Cessation, Addictions Counseling Workforce Shortage, Substance Use Disorders, Addiction

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• Erin Winstanley

  Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry; Neuroscience, School of Medicine

  Media inquiries should be directed to Cassie Thomas, Director, Communications and Marketing, School of Medicine
  

  Office: +1 (304) 293-3412

  Mobile:

  Email: Cassie.Thomas@hsc.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Behavioral Medicine, Psychiatry, Neurosciences, Addiction

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