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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. 

Photo: Taylor Arnold
Photo: Taylor Arnold

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