Kathleen M. Chiasson-Downs, MA, LPC

Lead Clinician for Addiction Services

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry

Classification:

Faculty

• MA, West Virginia University, 2004

Laura Lander, Kathleen Chiasson-Downs, Michael Andrew, Gerald Rader, Sheena Dohar, and Kimberly Waibogha, Yoga as an Adjunctive Intervention to Medication-Assisted Treatment  with Buprenorphine+Naloxone, Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy 2017, 8:6, DOI: 10.4172/2155-6105.1000354

Jill Turner, Fair Vassoler, Kathleen Chiasson-Downs.,  Why genetics makes some people more vulnerable to opioid addiction – and protects others,  THE CONVERSATION – on-line journal of Academic rigor, journalistic flair, April 24, 2018 edition, Health +Medicine. https://theconversation.com/why-genetics-makes-some-people-more-vulnerable-to-opioid-addiction-and-protects-others-92000 3/

Medical Specialties

• Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry

Special Training

• Other Speciality Training, - Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor
  West Virginia Certification Board for Addiction and Prevention Professionals, 2014
• Other Speciality Training, - Approved Licensed Professional Supervisor
  West Virginia Board of Examiners in Counseling, 2013
• Other Speciality Training, - Licensed Professional Counselor
  West Virginia Board of Examiners in Counseling, 2012