Announcements
Faculty Development Zoom session: "Students with Complex Learning Issues During the Time of COVID-19"
All faculty are invited to attend the WVU Health Sciences Center Faculty Development Program presentation “Students with Complex Learning Issues During the Time of COVID-19” Sept. 24 from noon to 1 p.m.
Wheeling Hospital to join WVU Medicine
Wheeling Hospital, a 223-bed, acute-care, not-for-profit hospital affiliated with the Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston since its founding in 1850 by the first Bishop and a local physician, will become a full member of the West Virginia University Health System (WVUHS) under a Letter of Intent (LOI) that the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and WVUHS signed this week.
Upcoming Faculty Development Zoom session "Epidemiology: Descriptive vs. Analytical"
A WVU Health Sciences Center Faculty Development Program presentation, "Epidemiology: Descriptive vs. Analytical," will be held Sept. 30 from noon to 12:30 p.m.
WVU Charleston’s Dr. Neil Copeland on “Live Healthy Live Well” Show
Neil Copeland, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston Campus, was the featured guest this past week on the WV Library Television Network Program “Live Healthy Live Well” hosted by Danny Scalise, Executive Director of the West Virginia State Medical Association.
WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute lights up purple for World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
September is World Alzheimer’s month – a time to shine a purple light for the 50 million people globally who are living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
WVU Medicine Children’s first in the state to offer new neonatal cardiac intervention
Shani Berry of Fayette County was admitted to the hospital the Saturday before her water broke unexpectedly on May 17. She was only 26 weeks along in her pregnancy.
Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds Sept. 18
The WVU School of Public Health Preventive Medicine residency program is hosting Grand Rounds Friday, September 18 from 2 - 3 p.m.
Gee: Gatherings outside Morgantown bars put us all in jeopardy
West Virginia University President Gordon Gee admonished students for not following safety protocols in off-campus gatherings in a letter today (Sept. 2) to the campus and Morgantown communities.
Frisch Named to Review Committee for DoD Ovarian Cancer Research Program
Steven M. Frisch, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry at WVU School of Medicine, has been invited to be a member of the Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program Review Committee, for an annual term, beginning September 01, 2020.
Prevent Blindness sites WVU for excellence in vision and public health
The Children’s Vision Rehabilitation Program (CVRP) was selected by the Prevent Blindness organization as a 2020 Jenny Pomeroy Award recipient for Excellence in Vision and Public Health.