Announcements
WVU School of Pharmacy program earns Pinnacle Award for advancing public health in West Virginia
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation has awarded the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy’s Rational Drug Therapy Program the prestigious 2025 Pinnacle Award. The program received the Team Award for Collaboration, Innovation, and Impact. The award honors those who have demonstrated significant scientific contribution and/or quality improvement projects in the medication use process.
WVU in the News: WVU Medicine Heart & Vascular Institute grew from $225M to $2B by ditching RVUs
In less than a decade, Morgantown, W. Va.-based WVU Medicine’s Heart and Vascular Institute has grown from 25 providers to more than 200, expanding from a $225 million regional program to a $2 billion healthcare destination, delivering nearly 450,000 patient visits in 2024.
From pumpkin spice candles to citrus simmer pots, WVU aromatherapist says smells evoke memories
As autumn begins, a West Virginia University expert is focused on the scents of the season — first pumpkin spice, then cranberry, pine and gingerbread. These aromas, popular in the form of candles, diffusers and simmer pots, trigger our emotions and memories through our limbic systems, according to Marian Reven, clinical assistant professor at the WVU School of Nursing and a registered aromatherapist.
WVU in the News: A surprising new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
Dr. Peter Konrad speaks with NPR on clinical trial in treating rheumatoid arthritis.
WVU in the News: Mississippi cities and counties, lacking state guidance, spend millions of opioid settlement dollars on general expenses
Dr. Judith Feinberg, a West Virginia University behavioral medicine and psychiatry professor, co-authored a guide with other public health professors that lays out how states can use opioid settlement money to prevent more deadly overdoses.
Art exhibit unveiling celebrates friendship, healing, and legacy of beloved WVU pharmacy professor
The exhibit, Art, Healing, and Friendship: Remembering Dr. Arthur I. Jacknowitz, has been on view in the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center Pylons Commons since August, but it came to life on Tuesday, September 16, during the unveiling when the artists, curators, and those closest to the project shared the stories and passion behind it.
WVU Health Sciences to host Global Health Week Oct. 6-10
Sponsored by the West Virginia University School of Medicine Global Health Program, WVU Health Sciences will host Global Health Week Oct. 6-10 with daily presentations highlighting innovation, access and the future of health care worldwide.
WVU in the News: Exploring the Icelandic Prevention Model
Alfgeir Kristjansson, social and behavioral sciences professor at WVU School of Public Health, discusses the Integrated Community Engagement (ICE) Collaborative based on the Icelandic Prevention Model with Carter County, Kentucky representatives.
Ivanoff inducted into International College of Dentists
West Virginia University School of Dentistry faculty member Chris Ivanoff, DDS, has been awarded fellowship in the International College of Dentists.
Junior nursing students explore roles, skills in the emergency department
To explore potential pathways in nursing, juniors at the WVU School of Nursing recently toured the emergency department at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. They also got an up-close look at helipad and the helicopters used for emergency air medical transportation.