Announcements
WV Psychiatric Association offers integrated workshop
Psychiatrists and Primary Care Physicians are in a unique position to help shape mental health care delivery in the current rapidly evolving healthcare reform landscape using integrated care approaches, in which mental health is delivered in primary care settings. In this model of care, a team of providers, including the patient’s primary care provider, a care manager and a psychiatric consultant, work together to provide evidence-based mental health care.
WVU in the news: Supplements and Diets for Heart Health Show Limited Proof of Benefit
Millions of Americans use dietary supplements and a variety of diets to protect their heart health. But a large new analysis found that there was strikingly little proof from rigorous studies that supplements and some widely recommended diets have the power to prevent heart disease.
Parking passes to remain valid through August
All WVU Medicine parking passes will re-validated in August due to upcoming parking changes, including the opening of the Willowdale garage, scheduled for Aug. 30.
Renowned surgery educator to speak at upcoming Grand Rounds
The West Virginia University Department of Surgery will host John Weigelt, MD, DVM, Wednesday, July 24 as part of the next surgery Grand Rounds.
Nutritional supplements and diets not always protective, WVU research suggests
Do the nutritional supplements people take or the diets they adhere to actually protect them against cardiovascular problems and death?
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, 2019 Zimmermann Visiting Professor
The Department of Surgery invites you to attend Surgery Grand Rounds and the 2019 Bernard Zimmermann, MD Lectureship with Visiting Professor John A. Weigelt, MD, DVM, Professor of Surgery, Sanford Medical Center and University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD
Update: Construction of pedestrian bridge across Willowdale Road is complete
WVU Medicine has finished construction of a pedestrian bridge, which crosses over Willowdale Road (Don Nehlen Drive) between the new parking garage and the Milan Puskar Stadium parking lots.
WV Women Forward seeking input
West Virginia Women Forward is an initiative through WVU and West Virginia Forward that is working hard to identify challenges that WV girls and women face in regards to education, workforce barriers and the pay gap (to name a few). These challenges create barriers to educational attainment, which can hinder opportunities in education and career pathways. Leaders from all over the state are working together on this initiative and one of the first things that has been identified is that many programs and initiatives are happening in silos. Therefore, it will be beneficial that we get a state-wide inventory completed of programs and organizations supporting women in West Virginia. We started a preliminary list to create a medium where all could add to it so we can take stock of existing groups and initiatives that aim to support West Virginia women, and we’re hoping the list will give us a good idea of potential collaborators and unaddressed needs. We’d like to make it as comprehensive as possible, and your input is invaluable. Please send information on any women’s programs that you know about and don’t currently see represented on the spreadsheet to Maggie McDonald (mgmcdonald@mail.wvu.edu) who is collecting the information.
Feed Our Brains campaign to host fundraiser July 10
Stop by Mountain State Brewing Company located at 54 Clay Street in Morgantown's wharf district on Wednesday, July 10 from 5–9pm to support the Department of Neuroscience's outreach campaign!