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• WVU in the News: Positive outcomes: Improving public health with outdoor recreation

  Friday, January 15, 2021

  In a powerful short documentary film, Elaine McMillion Sheldon addresses public health in West Virginia through the story of grant-funded youth programs that temporarily provide short-term after-school activities for kids.

• WVU in the News: WVU administrators discuss COVID-19 safety and more during Return to Campus Conversation

  Friday, January 15, 2021

  As late January approaches, West Virginia University students are heading back to campus to begin the spring semester.

• WVU Occupational Medicine Residency Program reaccredited

  Thursday, January 14, 2021

  The West Virginia University School of Public Health Occupational Medicine residency program has been reaccredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, making it one of 23 accredited programs in the nation. WVU’s program is the only one of its kind in the Appalachian region.  

• WVU Public Health professor aims to better understand the needs of pregnant women with substance use disorder through telehealth data

  Wednesday, January 13, 2021

  Dr. Brian Hendricks, a research assistant professor with the West Virginia University School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, is trying to better understand the needs of a historically underserved population in West Virginia — pregnant women with substance use disorder. 

• WVU provides updates ahead of spring semester, which begins Jan. 19

  Monday, January 11, 2021

  The spring semester begins on Tuesday, Jan. 19, and West Virginia University is sharing details to help students, faculty and staff stay safe and abide by the University’s guidance to protect the campuses and surrounding communities from the spread of COVID-19.

• WVU in the News: West Virginia University researcher offers tips to promote healthy eating habits for children

  Monday, January 11, 2021

  A West Virginia University researcher wants to remind parents of the important role they play in terms of shaping their children’s self-image and relationship with food.

• President Gee: ‘Democracy is sacred, strong and will always prevail – even in the darkest of times’

  Friday, January 8, 2021

  West Virginia University President Gordon Gee wrote to the University Community Friday (Jan. 8), noting that America’s democracy will prevail in spite of the violence in Washington, DC Wednesday (Jan. 6) and that this moment is a calling for WVU and institutions of higher education everywhere.

• WVU CED Awarded National Training Grant

  Thursday, January 7, 2021

  The West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities (WVU CED) was awarded a national training grant to implement Project SCOPE: Supporting Children of the OPioid Epidemic (SCOPE). Project SCOPE is a training initiative intended to identify and train practitioners in current and emerging knowledge and evidence-based promising practices in screening, monitoring, and care for children diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) or neonatal opiate withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), or who are suspected of being impacted by opioid use and related trauma exposure. The CED has received funding to implement this national training initiative using the Project ECHO ™ virtual professional development model. Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a collaborative model of education and care management that empowers clinicians to implement best practices wherever they live. The ECHO model™ increases access to rural and underserved areas by providing knowledge and support.

• WVU in the News: What can be learned from differing rates of suicide among groups

  Monday, January 4, 2021

  U.S. suicide rates vary widely across racial and ethnic groups in ways that can upend expectations. The explanations may suggest avenues for prevention.

• ‘Food for thought’: How parents can help children develop a positive self-image and relationship with food, WVU researcher advises

  Monday, January 4, 2021

  As a new year begins – and the inevitable wave of health-related resolutions go into effect – one West Virginia University researcher reminds parents in particular of the critical role they play when it comes to shaping their children’s self-image and lifelong relationship with food.