MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Javier Cárdenas, M.D. , director of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute’s (RNI) Concussion and Brain Injury Clinic , received the 2025 Purple Ribbon Award from the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence at its Annual Luncheon and Award Ceremony yesterday (Oct. 23) in Charleston.

The award recognizes leaders whose work measurably expands safety, healing, and dignity for survivors and their families. It celebrates collaboration across health and behavioral health, survivor-centered practice, and the kind of steady, values-driven leadership that turns possibility into concrete change. It honors people who do the work that gives survivors something real to hold onto — hope.

Recipients are recognized for going above and beyond building partnership

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