The Team
Students, Faculty, and Partners
2021 Policy Recommendations for SUD Recovery Project Team
This research was conducted and presented by a group of eleven students with a diverse set of majors and interests including public health, Appalachian community studies, and sociology.
Student Team
Larissa Bello, Saket Bikmal, Hannah Cho, Julia Greenman, Amanda Ljuba, Hannah O’Malley, Neha Reddy, Jarrett Toothman, Callie Van Wart, Eugene Lacy Watson III, and Ginny Wolfe.
Faculty
Julia Gohlke, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, Population Health Sciences Emily Satterwhite, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, Appalachian Studies
2021 Community Partners and Acknowledgments
Becky Bowers-Lanier, EdD, MPH, MSN
Lee Clark, CEO, The Rescue Mission of Roanoke
Bently Wood, Peer Recovery Specialist, NRV Community Service Board
Beth O’Connor, Executive Director, Virginia Rural Health Association
Annie Cleveland, Oxford House
Michael James-Deramo, Peer Recovery Specialist
Jack Mallery, Virginia Recovery Coalition
Cynthia McDaniel, Chief Operating Officer, Catawba Hospital
Victor McKenzie Jr., Executive Director, SAARA
Karl Northwall, MD, Catawba Hospital
Hilary Piland, Virginia Association of Community Service Boards
Sam Rasoul, Virginia House of Delegates
Joshua Redding, Recovery@VT
Christopher Tuck, Defense Attorney
Lisa Via, Lara Nagle, and Mary Beth Dunkenburger, Roanoke Valley Collective Response
Mike Wade, New River Valley Community Service Board
Valentina Vega and Andrew Densmore, Medical Society of Virginia
Reed Yearwood
Key Informants
Bently Wood, Peer Recovery Specialist, NRV Community Service Board
Beth O’Connor, Executive Director, Virginia Rural Health Association