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- 73 Practice & Policy Changes from WVPBRN Projects
Our state has the highest rate of drug-related deaths.
In 2014, WVCTSI responded to the need to address drug addiction in West Virginia by adding it as a health research focus area. Since then, WVCTSI has worked on a variety of projects related to addiction, including collaborating with the WVU Addiction Task Force to release a funding opportunity for projects targeting opioid morbidity and mortality rates.
WVCTSI Program Addressing Rising Hepatitis C Cases Combating Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome HIV epidemic partially fueled by national opioid crisis WVCTSI hosts national experts to discuss emerging epidemics in WVConnect
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WVCTSI releases additional recommendations for health sciences researchers during COVID-19 pandemic
Read StoryProject ECHO Expanding Specialized Care Across WV
WVCTSI’s West Virginia Project ECHO connects rural patients across the state with specialized care in hepatitis C, HIV, chronic pain, medication-assisted treatment, chronic lung disease, and psychiatry. To date, the 1,172 participant healthcare providers have presented 169 unique patient cases.
Project ECHO