West Virginia University
Prevention Research Center

Comprehensive Center

First funded: 1993

Center’s Web site

Core Research Focus

Expanding a proven teen smoking cessation program to achieve statewide dissemination

 

Core Research Projects

Current (2010-2014)
Project description to be posted.

Past (1990-2009)
Quit & Fit: Improving Health Among Rural Teens
Not-On-Tobacco Program Helps Curb Smoking Among Appalachian Youths

 

Special Interest Projects (SIPs) by Focus Area

Aging & Elderly Health
SIP# 13-2004	Healthy Aging Research Network
SIP# 08-2006	Prevention Research to Promote and Protect Brain Health

Cancer
SIP# 16-2004	Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network

Cardiovascular Health
SIP# 02-2000	Diagnosis and Treatment Program for Familial Hypercholesterolemia
SIP# 16-2001	Reducing the Risks of Heart Disease for People with Low–Income
SIP# 09-2005	Cardiovascular Health Intervention Research and Translation Network

Tobacco Prevention & Control
SIP# 16-1999	Network to Enhance Tobacco Control Activities
SIP# 17-1999	Researchers Offer States and Communities Technical Assistance in Tobacco Control

Other Projects
Using the Internet to Disseminate a Tobacco-Cessation Program

 

Contact Information

Center
West Virginia University Prevention Research Center
3820 Health Sciences South
P.O. Box 9190
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-9190

Director
Geri A. Dino, PhD
Phone: (304) 293-1898
Fax: (304) 293-8624
E-mail: gdino@hsc.wvu.edu

Co-Principal Investigator
Lesley Cottrell, PhD
Phone: (304) 293-1149
Fax: (304) 293-1409
E-mail: lcottrell@hsc.wvu.edu

Co-Principal Investigator
Kimberly Horn, EdD
Phone: (304) 293-0268
Fax: (304)293-8624
E-mail: khorn@hsc.wvu.edu