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Neuroscience faculty receive HSC research awards

Monday, December 3, 2018

Drs. Gibson and Marsh recently attended the Neuroscience departmental meeting to provide several faculty with HSC research awards. These were for efforts demonstrated by their individual studies and group research activities. Congratulations to Drs Schreurs and Wang!

WVU in the News: Professor Emeritus shares expert insight on suicide rate increase

Monday, December 3, 2018

Dr. Ian Rockett, professor emeritus in the WVU School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, shares his research expertise about the CDC's report on increased suicide rate in the U.S.

WVU in the News: Health policy professor discusses infant mortality issues

Monday, December 3, 2018

Dr. Lauri Andress, an assistant professor at the WVU School of Public Health, shared her research about infant mortality issues during the Mountain State Racial Justice Summit on Dec. 1, 2018, in Charleston, WV.

Faculty receive HSC research awards

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Drs Gibson and Marsh recently attended the Pharmaceutical Sciences Departmental meeting to provide several of our faculty with HSC research awards. These were for efforts demonstrated by their individual studies and group research activities. Congratulations to Drs Du, McLaughlin, Hazlehurst, and Lockman!

WVU Medicine and Health Sciences to host holiday celebration for faculty and staff

Thursday, November 29, 2018

The annual Holiday Celebration for WVU Medicine and Health Sciences employees will kick off on Thurs., Dec. 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. at The Market, located on the ground floor of the Health Sciences Center. The Market will close at 11:30 a.m. for the celebration.

Female veterans needed for nurse-led research study

Monday, November 26, 2018

Nurse-led research study looking at the perspective of women Veterans receiving care from non-VA healthcare providers.

WVU in the News: For Healthy Patients, Train Healthy Doctors

Monday, November 26, 2018

Clay Marsh, M.D., WVU Health Sciences vice president and executive dean discusses the key to preventing burnout in training medical students and healthcare providers. (Image: rosadu / gettyimages)

Stop the Bleed

Friday, November 16, 2018

The Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center, in partnership with the American College of Surgeons, is taking part in the national “Stop the Bleed” initiative. Participants in the programs are being trained to stop bleeding in order to prevent death from hemorrhage.

Health Sciences faculty asked to review proposed BOG governance rule 1.4

Thursday, November 15, 2018

All Health Sciences faculty members are requested to review a proposed Board of Governors Rule currently in a 30-day comment period: WVU Governance Rule 1.4 on Ethics, Conflict of Interest, and Outside Consulting. The review period for the proposed rule closes on December 12.

West Virginia University first site to launch clinical trial utilizing non-opioid micropellet implant for chronic pain

Thursday, November 15, 2018

As part of an ongoing commitment to battle opioid addiction, the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) at West Virginia University today (Nov. 15) marked a major milestone, enrolling the first patient in a randomized clinical trial that will test the effectiveness of an injectable non-opioid, non-steroid micropellet to treat sciatica.