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• Reduced exposure, early detection key in treatment of black lung disease

  Wednesday, July 15, 2020

  Pneumoconiosis, commonly known as black lung, has long been an issue for West Virginians. The WVU Medicine Pulmonary Medicine Multidisciplinary Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic includes pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons, occupational therapists, and other professionals who provide an integrated approach to the treatment of the condition. 

• WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute develops new technology to predict onset of COVID-19 related symptoms

  Wednesday, July 15, 2020

  WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) researchers have developed new tools, including the forecasting of temperature and a “Health Index,” to warn users of the onset of COVID-19 related symptoms and signs of infection in real time. 

• Ruby Incident Command Center has re-opened

  Monday, July 13, 2020

  The Ruby Incident Command Center has re-opened, starting today (Monday, July 13), as a response to the increase in community COVID-19 spread across Monongalia County, increased numbers of hospital employees unavailable due to quarantine, and the pending return of WVU students.

• Voting ends Friday for employee representative on WVUH board of directors

  Monday, July 13, 2020

  Nominations for the employee representative on the WVU Hospitals' board of directors were recently accepted, and the employees who received the most nominations are: Robert Anthony, Lance Bork, and Richard Todd.

• Opportunities available for staff at COVID-19 test site for WVU students, faculty

  Friday, July 10, 2020

  WVU Medicine is seeking support to assist West Virginia University in testing students and faculty for COVID-19 between July 20 and Aug. 15. 

• WVU Cancer Institute utilizes new technology to help radiation patients

  Wednesday, July 8, 2020

  The WVU Cancer Institute Department of Radiation Oncology recently implemented the use of a THOR® photobiomodulation (PBM) device to prevent mucositis in head and neck cancer patients receiving radiation.

• WVU Medicine Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry is named Center of Excellence, receives grant

  Wednesday, July 8, 2020

  The Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute has been named a Center of Excellence in Addiction and was awarded a four-year, $2.9 million grant by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (WV DHHR). It is the only addiction program in the state to be recognized as a Center of Excellence by the WV DHHR.

• WVU Medicine offering COVID-19 testing in Morgantown

  Monday, July 6, 2020

  WVU Medicine is continuing to offer COVID-19 testing at its outpatient center at University Town Centre in Morgantown. The testing at this location is not free; a provider’s order is required to be tested.

• System-wide Employee Engagement Survey available starting July 20

  Monday, July 6, 2020

  Employees are encouraged to participate in the 2020 Employee Engagement Survey, which will be available from Monday, July 20, through Sunday, Aug. 9. For more information about the survey, visit: https://wvumedicine.org/info/employee-engagement-survey/.

• Dr. Shaylee Peckens named medical director of quality and performance improvement for WVU Medicine Wellness

  Sunday, July 5, 2020

  Shaylee Peckens, MD, medical director of quality and performance improvement for the WVU Medicine Department of Family Medicine, will serve in that same capactiy for WVU Medicine Wellness.