SPH Employee Updates and Announcements

Please join the Department of Social and Behavioral Science in welcoming new members to their team and saying goodbye to two others.

Departures

Megan Smith, PhD, is leaving the School of Public Health and the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences for a faculty appointment at Boise State University. Her last day with WVU is August 10. Dr. Smith leaves a significant mark in the department, school and PRC, having taught across the department’s curriculum and with her developing research agenda in adolescent health development. As a WVU alumna (PhD, 2015), we wish her well and will miss her as a colleague.

Michael Mann, PhD, has left the School of Public Health and the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences for a faculty appointment at Boise State University. His last day with WVU was August 6. Dr. Mann has been with WVU since 2012 and has served in a variety of key leadership positions during his tenure, from Director of the MS in School Health Program and more recently as the School’s MPH Program Director. As a systems thinker, he leaves our MPH in good standing and on the positive trajectory our students and faculty have sought. We thank Dr. Mann for his many forms of service and wish him well.

Arrivals

Danielle Davidov, PhD (WVU, 2010), is joining the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences as an assistant professor on August 16. Dr. Davidov has held a primary faculty appointment in the Department of Emergency Medicine and a secondary faculty appointment in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences since 2013. This announcement changes Dr. Davidov’s primary faculty appointment to the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences while she will continue to retain a secondary appointment with the Department of Emergency Medicine. During her tenure, Dr. Davidov has conducted all her teaching in the School of Public Health, and her research involves utilizing qualitative and mixed methods to address intimate partner and sexual violence in home visitation, healthcare, and college settings. We look forward to Dr. Davidov’s continuing significant contributions to the mission of the School of Public Health.

Elizabeth Claydon, PhD, MPH, is joining the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences as an assistant professor on August 16. Dr. Claydon completed her MPH at the Yale University School of Public Health and is a 2018 graduate of our School’s PhD program in Social and Behavioral Sciences. A Morgantown native, Dr. Claydon’s research agenda is in the prevention of eating disorders and obesity, particularly in their intergenerational transmission, in addition to maternal and child health and suicide prevention. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Claydon to the faculty.