This research study offers a telehealth program that teaches positive parenting skills to caregivers of children with a history of neonatal abstinence syndrome. The program is part of a research study to determine if telehealth can be used to improve children’s behavior.
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The West Virginia Science Public Outreach Team is recruiting a new faculty advisor for the WVU Student Club Chapter. WV SPOT is a state-wide program operated by the Green Bank Observatory with a dozen of participating universities and colleges that help recruit and train student ambassadors from all majors to deliver science presentations to K-12 schools throughout the state.
In the months that follow, after the recovery crews have packed up and gone home, hopelessness and isolation set in for many disaster victims. These are the times when mental health support is needed most, according to a WVU researcher.
West Virginia Clinical & Translational Science Institute Director of Community Programs/Project ECHO Jay Mason has been awarded a $100,000 sub-award for a project with Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts titled “Enhancing and Expanding MAT in Southern Appalachian Communities.”
A new, biennial West Virginia population-based health survey—the Mountain State Assessment of Trends in Community Health—will gather information to help health officials and policy makers better understand the critical health needs of all 55 West Virginia counties, with the goal of directing resource allocations to communities that need them most.
The WVU Libraries’ Data Services workshops are designed to provide faculty and students training in data management, software platforms for data visualization and analysis, and finding data resources. To register for these workshops, follow the links attached to each event.