Prevention Research Center

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Translational Tobacco Reduction Research Program (T2R2) Enhances the health and well being of youth by reducing tobacco, alcohol and other drug use as well as promoting healthy living.

Melissa Taylor, MA

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Research Program Coordinator
T2R2
mtaylor2@hsc.wvu.edu

Melissa is a Research Program Coordinator in the Translational Tobacco Reduction Research (T2R2) program within the Department of Community Medicine. She graduated from West Virginia University with a Master’s degree in Communication Studies. With a focus on tobacco cessation and youth, Melissa conducts research for the West Virginia Prevention Research Center’s (WVPRC) CORE Research Project “Quit & Fit” to develop and test the effectiveness of a physical activity module for the Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) program, directed the development of the N-O-T program Web site and will examine the usability of the site, and will be the Project Director for the new WVPRC CORE Research Project concerning N-O-T dissemination.