: West Virginia Prevention Research Center

Striving to enhance health and well-being and reduce health disparities in West Virginia.

About the WVPRC Projects CDC PRC Program

Areas of Focus

The West Virginia Prevention Research Center's efforts in applied research, evaluation and program support are centered around three critical areas: healthy lifestyles, substance use and youth and community resilience.

Healthy Lifestyles Substance Use Youth and Community Resilience

Message from Dean Coben: Welcome to the start of a new year, bound together by a common goal

Dean Coben welcomes students, faculty and staff as a new academic year begins.

The WVPRC Launches a Pilot Youth Advisory Board

High-achieving Public Health students, faculty recognized during awards and honorary induction ceremony

PhD student to present work with WVU Extension during CDC national training

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CDC Prevention Research Center

The West Virginia Prevention Research Center is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cooperative agreement number 1-U48-DP-005004 and is committed to conducting applied prevention research, as well as supporting a wide variety of public health efforts across the state.