Steve Davis, PhD

Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Public Health

Department:

Health Policy, Management, and Leadership

Classification:

Faculty

Adjunct Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Emergency Medicine

Classification:

Faculty

• PhD, West Virginia University
• MPA, West Virginia University
• MSW, West Virginia University
• BSW, West Virginia University

1. Tadros AM, Sreemantula HS, Tadros AH, Davis SM, Rogers JB, Thompson J, Navia RO. Emergency Department Initiated Palliative Care Consultation in a Rural Setting. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2026 Jul 26:10499091261472115. doi: 10.1177/10499091261472115. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42504020.
2. Psek W, Davis SM. Teaching agile project management to MHA students: A novel case-based approach. Journal of Health Administration Education. 2026 Apr 4;42(1):125-40.
3. Abrego AH, Tadros A, Baker Rogers J, Davis SM, Dilcher B. Characterizing the Use of Emergency Department Resources and Dispositions of Hospice Patients in an Appalachian Region of the United States. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2025 Nov 16:10499091251399808. doi: 10.1177/10499091251399808. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41243141.
4. Wallis R, Allen L, Davis SM, Linn H, Ngo A, Cai Y, Speck C, Bias T.  Clinical and Administrative Perspectives on Prior Authorization for Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Qualitative Analysis. J Behav Health Serv Res.  2025 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s11414-025-09956-0.     
5. Davis SM, Rossetto K, Smith ML, Mann MJ, Coffman J, Kristjansson AL. Icelandic Prevention Model in Rural Appalachian Communities: Gauging Stakeholder Experience with the Core Processes Three Years into County-Level Implementation. Subst Use Misuse. 2024 Nov 4:1-9. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2024.2423373. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39497048.
6. Davidov DM, Davis SM, Zhu M, Afifi TO, Kimber M, Goldstein AL, Pitre N, Gurka KK, Stocks C. Intimate partner violence-related hospitalizations in Appalachia and the non-Appalachian United States. PLoS One. 2017 Sep 8;12(9):e0184222. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184222. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28886119; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5590902.
7. Davis SM, Daily S, Kristjansson AL, Kelley GA, Zullig K, Baus A, Davidov D, Fisher M. Needle exchange programs for the prevention of hepatitis C virus infection in people who inject drugs: a systematic review with meta-analysis.  Harm Reduct J. 2017 May 17;14(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s12954-017-0156-z. PubMed PMID: 28514954; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5436422.
8. Omaki E, Castillo R, Eden K, Davis S, McDonald E, Murtaza U, Gielen A; My Healthy Choices Decision Aid Study Team. Using m-health tools to reduce the misuse of opioid pain relievers. Inj Prev. 2017 Apr 6. pii: injuryprev-2017-042319.
9. Tadros A, Layman SM, Davis SM, Bozeman R, Davidov DM.  Emergency department visits by pediatric patients for poisoning by prescription opioids. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2016 Jul 11:1-6. [Epub ahead of print]

 

Dr. Steve Davis is a Professor (Tenured) in the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Leadership in the West Virginia University (WVU) School of Public Health, where he teaches Health Services Project Management and Introduction to the United States Healthcare System. Dr. Davis also served as a member of the Drexel University College of Medicine Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) finance faculty, where he taught financial statements and wrote a budgeting case study involving an academic medical center in distress.

Dr. Davis's research endeavors are in the field of implementation and dissemination science. His work focuses on the implementation and dissemination of evidence-based technologies and programs (e.g., telehealth, needle exchange, and medications for opioid use disorder) in rural communities and the structural barriers (e.g., laws and policies) that may preclude the full translation of these technologies and programs. Dr. Davis has a particular interest in the role of paraphernalia laws and policing behaviors on the efficacy of syringe access programs for the prevention of hepatitis C virus among rural Appalachian people who inject drugs.

Dr. Davis previously led a team of WVU and state stakeholders that developed and proposed a pilot telehealth intervention for high-risk Medicaid recipients in West Virginia to the Commissioner of the West Virginia Bureau for Medical Services (BMS). He is currently overseeing the evaluation of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Model for the West Virginia Bureau for Medical Services and Bureau for Behavioral Health.

Prior to his appointment in public health, Dr. Davis spent 19 years conducting emergency department research, with specializations in stroke awareness and analyses of large-scale datasets to identify national trends in hospitalizations and emergency department utilization and care. He is a past Chair and current Vice-Chair of the West Virginia University Institutional Review Board (IRB), with 20 years of overall IRB service. He regularly lectures on the ethical conduct of research."

Emergency Medicine

Dr. Davis's research endeavors are in the field of implementation and dissemination science. His work focuses on the implementation and dissemination of evidence-based technologies and programs (e.g., telehealth, needle exchange, and medications for opioid use disorder) in rural communities and the structural barriers (e.g., laws and policies) that may preclude the full translation of these technologies and programs. Dr. Davis has a particular interest in the role of paraphernalia laws and policing behaviors on the efficacy of syringe access programs for the prevention of hepatitis C virus among rural Appalachian people who inject drugs.