Interdisciplinary Faculty Committee
The Interdisciplinary Faculty Committee is comprised of faculty who represent five major disciplines at West Virginia University:
Social Work
Doris Nicholas, MSW, EdD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at West Virginia University, with areas of concentration in Human Diversity, Multicultural Practice and Health Care Practice and Aging.
e-mail: dnicola@wvu.edu
Nursing
Barbara Kupchak, PhD, RNC, FNAP is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at West Virginia University. She
is an expert in the areas of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction.
e-mail: bkupchak@hsc.wvu.edu
Dentistry
Richard Meckstroth, DDS is a Professor of Dental Practice and Rural Health at West Virginia University School of Dentistry. He spends extensive time working with providers and students at the Rural Health Clinics throughout West Virginia to improve the quality of service available to patients in these areas.
e-mail: rmeckstroth@hsc.wvu.edu
Medicine
Mark A. Newbrough, MD is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at West Virginia University School of Medicine, Charleston Division. He is also the Medical Director of the Cabin Creek Medical Center. He completed a Geriatrics Fellowship at WVU and has extensive experience in treating geriatric patients.
e-mail: mnewbrough@hsc.wvu.edu
Pharmacy
David P. Elliott, PharmD, BCPS, FASCP, FCCP is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, Charleston Division, where he also serves as the Director of Clinical Pharmacy Programs. He has many publications to his credit in the area of geriatrics and long term care.
e-mail: delliott@hsc.wvu.edu
Public Policy
David K. Brown, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the West Virginia University School of Community Medicine, where he also serves as the Associate Director of the Center on Aging, Education Unit. He has written many articles and a book on public policy and aging.
e-mail: dbrown@hsc.wvu.edu
Project Consultants:
Project Evaluation
Cecil Pollard, MA, is the Director of the Office of Health Service Research, West Virginia University School of Medicine.
e-mail: cpollard@hsc.wvu.edu
Geriatric Medicine
Richard Ham,
MD, is the Director of the WVU Center on Aging. He has specialized in the health
issues of the elderly for the past 20 years, and helped develop the first board
certification examination for geriatrics specialists.
Richard Layne, MD, is a Professor at the West Virginia School of Medicine where he serves as Section Chief of Geriatrics.
He is also the Associate Director for Clinical Services at the WVU Center on
Aging.
Faculty Information
The Mountain State Geriatric Education Center
would like to provide Geriatric Education Opportunities for you. If you would like to participate in training in geriatrics and be involved with the MSGEC activities, contact us
for an information packet at the following address:
Mountain State Geriatric Education Center
918 Chestnut Ridge Road Suite 12
PO Box 9127
Morgantown, WV 26506
Phone: 304-293-2265
e-mail : sgainor@hsc.wvu.edu
For more information regarding Geriatric Education please go to the "Practice Matters" page.
To be added to our mailing list, request further information or comment on the web site you may send e-mail to: sgainor@hsc.wvu.edu
