Gary McIlvain
School of Kinesiology
Phone: 304-696-2930
E-mail: mcilvain2@marshall.edu
Gary Mcilvain, EdD, LAT/ATC, serves as the College of Health Professions Associate Dean of Student Affairs, School of Kinesiology Department Chair and Associate Professor at Marshall University. He received his Bachelors of Science from Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN, Masters of Science degree from Middle Tennessee State University and completed his Doctorate in Kinesiology and Health Promotion at the University of Kentucky. He started at Marshall in the fall of 1999 and has taught in the CAATE accredited athletic training education program serving as clinical coordinator and program director. Dr. Mcilvain’s research interests are in injury prevention, specifically in regard to athletic injury prevention.
William Pewen
Public Health
Phone: 304-696-3743
E-mail: Pewen@marshall.edu
Dr. Pewen joined Marshall in 2013 and is leading the development of a new graduate public health M.P.H. program, as well as establishment of a public health research lab and expanded interdisciplinary studies. His training and experience spans clinical care and research in both chronic and infectious disease. Pewen received his B.S. in Health Education from Southern Oregon University and his M.P.H. in Epidemiology and Ph.D. in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at the University of Pittsburgh. His work has included cardiology research at UC San Diego as well as the Veterans Administration, where he also worked in early efforts to create an electronic health record. Pewen has made contributions in HIV/SIV vaccine development and immunology in non-human primates, as well as clinical investigation in the use of antiretroviral drugs in HIV/AIDS.
In 2003, Dr. Pewen was named a Congressional Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology. He subsequently served as Senior Health Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) until 2010. His congressional legislative and oversight work included a broad spectrum of health policy including Medicare and Medicaid issues, health information technology, genetic discrimination, biosecurity, and pharmaceutical policy, and culminated in work in the creation of health reform legislation which formed the basis of the enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). His health policy writing has been featured in the New York Times, Health Affairs and the Atlantic.
Dr. Pewen holds joint appointments in Public Health and Family Medicine. His interests include study of the comparative value of health care alternatives, drug safety and access, HIV vaccines and therapeutics, health IT security and consent, and health policy issues.
