Announcements
Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Navia to give presentation on geriatric care
R. Osvaldo Navia, M.D. will be giving a presentation on geriatric care during the Department of Medicine grand rounds on Friday, August. 30, at 12:00 p.m.
IT Help Center work rescheduled for Friday, Aug. 30 and Saturday, Aug. 31
To complete a system update that previously failed, the IT Help Center at it.wvu.edu/help will be offline for approximately four hours between 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31. The specific time will depend on the vendor.
New podcast listening group invites you to join the squad
All WVU students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Pod Squad. The group will discover, connect and enjoy two podcasts from WVU and beyond, gathering on the last Wednesday for a virtual meetup from 12-12:45 p.m. to discuss the selected podcasts.
Security alert: Phone calls pretending to be healthcare providers
The WVU Medicine Privacy and Security team has been notified that several people have received phone calls or texts from phone numbers that are being “spoofed” to look like WVU Medicine providers.
Join WVU Global Medical and Dental Brigades
WVU Global Medical and Dental Brigades will be traveling to rural Panama over spring break to facilitate medical, dental and public health tasks. Applications are due Friday, Sept. 13, by 5 p.m.
Ophthalmology Grand Rounds: Coakley to give presentation on outreach at the WVU Eye Institute
Rebecca Coakley, MA, CLVT, will give a presentation during the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences grand rounds on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at 7 a.m.
Blood Drive planned for Sept. 12 at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital
An American Red Cross blood drive will be held Thursday, Sept. 12 from 12-6 p.m. at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital Bruce McClymonds Conference Room A for WVU employees and students.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WVU presents "Is Sleep the Key to Healthy Aging?"
OLLI at WVU will host the 18th annual Irving Goodman Aging Lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 18. This year’s lecture, "Is Sleep the Key to Healthy Aging?," will be delivered by Adam P. Shira, Ph.D., vice chair for research and faculty in the Department of Mental Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Lander appointed to expert panel for WV First Foundation
Laura Lander, MSW, AADC, an associate professor in the West Virginia University School of Medicine’s Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and Department of Neuroscience, was recently appointed to the statewide expert panel of the West Virginia First Foundation.
WVCTSI engaging communities across West Virginia through Ambassadors for Community Health Research Program
To ensure research is making the biggest impact possible across the Mountain State, the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) is recruiting its second cohort of the Ambassadors for Community Health Research Program, a program focused on increasing rural community involvement in research.