Announcements
Why do you love health sciences?
WVU School of Public Health Student Ambassadors want to know what you love about Health Sciences.
HSC community invited to learn more about Advancing Excellence in Gender Affirmative Care
In collaboration with WVU Medicine, the Health Sciences Center is working to better understand and be more mindful of patients’ gender affirmations.
Nursing student awarded Gilman Scholarship to study in Brazil
Opportunities to broaden the scope of their health care studies and make global connections await West Virginia University’s most recent Gilman Scholars this year in Santarem, Brazil.
Skype is being retired March 3; WVU recommends Microsoft Teams as alternative
Skype for Business will no longer be available to WVU employees as of Tuesday, March 3, and ITS is recommending the use of Microsoft Teams as a powerful replacement for collaboration and communication.
WVU Police programs set for Health Sciences Center in February
A member of the West Virginia University Police Department will offer two active shooter trainings — Thursday, Feb. 20 from 1 to 2 p.m. at Health Sciences, North, Room 1909, and Friday, Feb. 21, from 9 to 10 a.m. at Health Sciences, Addition Room G17.
Under the Dome: WVU Legislative Update
Under the Dome delivers a review of the issues being considered by state government and the 84th West Virginia Legislature of West Virginia. It provides information on matters that affect WVU and higher education.
Intersectional Health Fair set for Feb. 16
The West Virginia University Multicultural Association of Students in Healthcare (MASH) is hosting an Intersectional Health Fair on Sunday, Feb. 16.
A message on the novel coronavirus from WVU Medicine Chief Operating Officer Ron Pellegrino, MD
A message on the novel coronavirus from WVU Medicine Chief Operating Officer Ron Pellegrino, MD.
Taking the whoop out of whooping cough
Using animal models, WVU researchers have investigated whether an update of DTaP could strengthen the immune system’s attack on Bordetella pertussis, the bacteria that causes whooping cough.
Cell-phone-sized device that stimulates nerve in neck may prevent migraine
Drugs called triptans are the “mainstay of migraine treatment,” said West Virginia University neurologist Umer Najib, but typically, patients can’t take them more than twice a week. If they have a third migraine, they’re out of luck. But Najib is researching a new way to treat—and prevent—migraine attacks without this limitation: neuromodulation.