Former MSGEC Interdisciplinary Faculty Committee
The Interdisciplinary Faculty Committee was comprised of faculty representing five major disciplines at West Virginia University:
Social Work
Doris Nicholas, MSW, EdD, 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, an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at West Virginia University, and an expert in the areas of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction.
e-mail: bkupchak@hsc.wvu.edu
Dentistry
Richard Meckstroth, DDS, a Professor of Dental Practice and Rural Health at West Virginia University School of Dentistry.
e-mail: rmeckstroth@hsc.wvu.edu
Medicine
Mark A. Newbrough, MD, an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at West Virginia University School of Medicine, Charleston Division, and the Medical Director of the Cabin Creek Medical Center with a Geriatrics Fellowship from WVU and extensive experience in treating geriatric patients.
e-mail: mnewbrough@hsc.wvu.edu
Pharmacy
David P. Elliott, PharmD, BCPS, FASCP, FCCP, an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, Charleston Division, and the Director of Clinical Pharmacy Programs.
e-mail: delliott@hsc.wvu.edu
Public Policy
David K. Brown, PhD, a former Assistant Professor at the West Virginia University School of Community Medicine, and the former Associate Director of the Center on Aging, Education Unit.
e-mail: dbrown@hsc.wvu.edu
Project Consultants:
Project Evaluation
Cecil Pollard, MA, 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, the former Director of the WVU Center on Aging, who has specialized in the health issues of the elderly for over 20 years, and helped develop the first board certification examination for geriatrics specialists.
Richard Layne, MD, a Professor at the West Virginia School of Medicine where he serves as Section Chief of Geriatrics and the Associate Director for Clinical Services at the WVU Center on Aging.
For more information regarding Geriatric Education please go to the "Practice Matters" page.
