Two IMPACT WV graduate students to present at WVU Prevention Summit on Jan. 30
Katherine Payne and Olivia Villeneuve will present on services for families with infants exposed to substances in utero.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
The WVU Prevention Summit takes place this Friday, January 30 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Mountainlair. This event is free for WVU students, staff, and faculty. We're excited to announce that two graduate students with the IMPACT WV program at the WVU CED will be presenting during the summit!
Katherine Payne, speech-language therapy graduate student, and Olivia Villeneuve, sociology Ph.D. student, will be presenting on the various resources and community partnerships through IMPACT WV that are designed to help families with infants born exposed to substances in utero and mothers experiencing substance use disorder.
One of the big projects that the students helped with was organizing and distributing Safer Use Kits, which contain supplies to help with infection prevention, mouth health, and more. These Safer Use Kits offer an opportunity to reach people who are not otherwise accessing healthcare services. Over 1,700 kits have been distributed in the past two years.