Experts
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Omar Abdul-Aziz
Professor, Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces
Office: 304-293-4135Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Human-Natural Systems, Sustainability Sciences and Engineering -
Abdullah Al-Mamun
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Systems and Policy, WVU School of Pharmacy
Media inquiries should be directed to Christa Currey, Director of Marketing and Communications, School of Pharmacy
Office: +1 (304) 293-7192Email: Christa.Currey@hsc.wvu.eduExpertise
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Adult ADHD, Health Data Science, Health Outcomes, Epidemiology -
Kashy Aminian
Charles T. Holland Professor, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces
Office: 304-293-4135Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Natural Gas Production and Storage, Reservoir Characterization and Modeling, Coalbed Methane Development, Improved Oil and Gas Recovery -
Doug Arbogast
Extension Associate Professor and Rural Tourism Specialist, WVU Extension
Media inquiries should be directed to Tara Curtis, Director, Communications, Marketing and Information Technology, WVU Division for Land-Grant Engagement
Office: +1 (304) 293-7996Mobile: +1 (304) 698-2472Email: Tara.Curtis@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Destination Competiveness, Sustainable Tourism, Destination Management, Rural Tourism -
Jorge Atiles
Associate Vice President and Dean, WVU Division for Land-Grant Engagement
WVU Division for Land-Grant EngagementMedia inquiries should be directed to Tara Curtis, Director, Communications, Marketing and Information Technology, WVU Division for Land-Grant Engagement
Office: +1 (304) 293-7996Mobile: +1 (304) 698-2472Email: Tara.Curtis@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Housing and Community Development, Cooperative Extension, Water, Energy and Waste, Community engagement -
Dr. Vinay Badhwar
Executive Chair, WVU Heart & Vascular Institute
Professor and Chair, Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, WVU School of MedicineMedia inquiries should be directed to Cassie Thomas, Director, Communications and Marketing, School of Medicine
Office: +1 (304) 293-3412Email: Cassie.Thomas@hsc.wvu.eduExpertise
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Heart, Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery -
Chad Baker
Assistant Director, Adventure WV
Office: +1 (304) 293-5221Email: chad.baker2@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Outdoor Education, Program Design, Challenge Course Operations, Outdoor Partnerships and Collaboration, Adventure Education -
Christy Barnhart
Director of Simulation, School of Nursing
Media inquiries should be directed to Wendy Holdren, Director of Communications and Marketing, School of Nursing
Office: +1 (304) 581-1772Email: Wendy.Holdren@hsc.wvu.eduExpertise
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Simulation Education, Oncology -
Karl Barth
Associate Professor, Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces
Office: 304-293-4135Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Bridge Engineering, Short-Span Steel Structures -
Adam Baus
Director, Office of Health Services Research
Research Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public HealthMedia inquiries should be directed to Lindsay Wiles, Director of Marketing and Communications, School of Public Health
Office: +1 (304) 293-1699Email: Lindsay.Wiles@hsc.wvu.eduExpertise
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Health Services Research, Health Informatics, Quality of Care Improvement, Practice Transformation, Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Design and Implementation of clinical information systems for research, evaluation and quality improvement -
Kathleen Benison
Professor, Geology, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Office: +1 (304) 293-9445Expertise
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Geology, Geochemistry, Geomicrobiology -
Dr. James Berry
Professor and Chair, Director of Addictions, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
Associate Professor, Neuroscience, School of MedicineMedia inquiries should be directed to Tara Scatterday, Executive Director, Communications and Institutional Relations University Engagement - Health Sciences
Office: +1 (304) 293-0630Email: tdscatterday@hsc.wvu.eduExpertise
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Substance Use Disorders, Addiction, Opioid Withdrawal, Psychiatry of Addiction, Opioid Use and Disorders, Treatment for Addiction -
Thomas Bias
Associate Director of Program Evaluation, Office of Health Affairs
Associate Professor, Health Policy, Management, and Leadership, School of Public HealthMedia inquiries should be directed to Lindsay Wiles, Director of Marketing and Communications, School of Public Health
Office: +1 (304) 293-1699Email: Lindsay.Wiles@hsc.wvu.eduExpertise
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State and Local Public Health Policy, Health Insurance Policy, Policy Evaluation -
Joshua Brady
Director, Mining and Industrial Extension, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces
Office: 304-293-4135Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Coal Mine Safety -
Gonzalo Bravo
Professor, School of Sport Sciences, College of Applied Human Sciences
Media inquiries should be directed to Adam Zundell, Marketing and Communications Director, College of Applied Human Sciences
Office: +1 (304) 293-3295Email: Adam.Zundell@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Stakeholders and Sport Mega Events, Sport Policy in Latin American Countries, International Sport Management, Trust, Commitment and Organizational Justice in Sport, Psychological Contract in HRM in Sport, Corruption in Sport -
Julie Brefczynski-Lewis
Research Assistant Professor, Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Research Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience InstituteMedia inquiries should be directed to Cassie Thomas, Director, Communications and Marketing, School of Medicine
Office: +1 (304) 293-3412Email: Cassie.Thomas@hsc.wvu.eduExpertise
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Neuroimaging, Imaging, Memory, Mindfulness, Meditation, Wearable Imaging Devices, Compassion Meditation, Brain-related Research -
Bob Britten
Teaching Associate Professor, Journalism, College of Creative Arts and Media
Office: +1 (304) 293-8710Email: Bob.Britten@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Media Literacy, Data Journalism, Visual Communication -
Amber Brugnoli
Associate Vice President and Executive Director, Office of Global Affairs
Media inquiries should be directed to Katie Farmer, Communications Director and Marketing Strategist, Office of the Provost
Email: Katie.Longo@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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International Students, Education Abroad, International Risk Management -
William Brustein
Vice President for Global Strategies and International Affairs
Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of SociologyMedia inquiries should be directed to Chelsi Baker, Director Marketing and Communications, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Office: +1 (304) 293-9263Email: Chelsi.Baker@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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International Strategy in Higher Education, Political Extremism, Ethnic, Religious and Racial Prejudice, Interwar European Fascism, European Political and Religious Extremism, Comparative Anti-Semitism -
Sarah Burke-Spolaor
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow CIFAR Azrieli Global ScholarEmail: sarah.spolaor@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Astronomy, Astrophysics, Radio Frequency Interference, Radio Waves, SETI, Fast Radio Bursts, Gravitational Waves, Black Holes, Pulsars -
Matt Campbell
Associate Professor, Secondary Mathematics Education, College of Applied Human Sciences
Media inquiries should be directed to Adam Zundell, Marketing and Communications Director, College of Applied Human Sciences
Office: +1 (304) 293-3295Email: Adam.Zundell@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Teacher Recruitment and Retention, Teacher Education and Development, Mathematics Education and Teaching, School-embedded Professional Development -
Heather Carter-Templeton
Chair, Department of Adult Health, School of Nursing
Associate ProfessorMedia inquiries should be directed to Wendy Holdren, Director of Communications and Marketing, School of Nursing
Office: +1 (304) 581-1772Email: Wendy.Holdren@hsc.wvu.eduExpertise
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Health Informatics, Healthcare Innovation, Evidence-Based Practice, Information Literacy -
Nicholas Castle
Chair and Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Leadership, School of Public Health
Media inquiries should be directed to Lindsay Wiles, Director of Marketing and Communications, School of Public Health
Office: +1 (304) 293-1699Email: Lindsay.Wiles@hsc.wvu.eduExpertise
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Long-term Care, Epidemiology of Aging, Health Systems Improvement, Occupational Health, Obesity -
Rakesh Chandran
Specialist, WVU Extension
Professor, Agricultural Sciences, Davis College of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesMedia inquiries should be directed to Tara Curtis, Director, Communications, Marketing and Information Technology, WVU Division for Land-Grant Engagement
Office: +1 (304) 293-7996Mobile: +1 (304) 698-2472Email: Tara.Curtis@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Herbicides, Weed Science, Including Weed Identification and Biology, Integrated Weed Management, Weed Management in Agronomic, Turf, Horticultural and Other Crops, Integration of Pest Management -
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 MedicineMedia inquiries should be directed to Cassie Thomas, Director, Communications and Marketing, School of Medicine
Office: +1 (304) 293-3412Email: Cassie.Thomas@hsc.wvu.eduExpertise
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Anxiety, Depression, Addiction, Trauma -
Nigel Clark
George B. Berry Chair of Engineering, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
Media inquiries should be directed to J. Paige Nesbit, Director of Marketing and Communications, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resouces
Office: 304-293-4135Email: jpnesbit@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Strength of Materials, Energy Technologies, Alternative Fuels, Engines, Emissions Research, Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, Internal Combustion Engines, Vehicle Propulsion, Power and Particle Technology, Multiphase Flows, Thermal Sciences -
Dana Coester
Professor, College of Creative Arts and Media
Creative Director, Media Innovation CenterOffice: +1 (304) 293-6790Email: Dana.Coester@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Data and Privacy, Local News Economics, Misinformation/Disinformation -
Elizabeth Cohen
Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Office: +1 (304) 293-3905Email: Elizabeth.Cohen@mail.wvu.eduExpertise
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Science of Pop Culture, Social Media, Television, Film and Video Games, Psychology of Narratives and Stories, Celebrities and Fictional Characters, Race, Gender, Sexuality and Class in Media -
Stephane Collignon
Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems, John Chambers College of Business and Economics
Office: +1 (304) 293-8911Expertise
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Management Information Systems, Business Data Analytics, eMarketplaces, Social Media Privacy Issues -
Dr. Lisa Costello
Assistant Professor, WVU Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Media inquiries should be directed to Cassie Thomas, Director, Communications and Marketing, School of Medicine
Office: +1 (304) 293-3412Email: Cassie.Thomas@hsc.wvu.eduExpertise
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Pediatrics, Health Care Literacy
