Announcements
From Clay Marsh: WVU firmly supports vaccinating children and adults
West Virginia University and its Health Sciences schools support evidence-based vaccination of children and adults as supported by every governing health body of children and of our population.
WVU researcher: HIV epidemic partially fueled by national opioid crisis
Infectious diseases expert Sally Hodder, director of the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute and associate vice president for clinical and translational science at West Virginia University, was part of a national team that published “AIDS in America – Back in the Headlines at Long Last,” a perspective that provides detailed information about the ongoing HIV epidemic.
International disarmament expert to speak at Health Sciences Wednesday, May 8
Hector Guerra, director of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines-Cluster Munition Coalition, will deliver a guest lecture this Wednesday, May 8 at noon in the Vice President's Administrative Conference Room at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center.
American Geriatrics Society president-elect to present at upcoming Medicine Grand Rounds
Laurie Jacobs, MD, president-elect of the American Geriatrics Society and chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Hackensack University will give the DZ Morgan Lecture at Medicine Grand Rounds this coming June.
Rescheduled: 2019 Health Sciences Day at the Monongalia County Ballpark
Fans with tickets for the WVU vs. Penn State game that was originally scheduled for April 23 and canceled due to weather may exchange their tickets for the WVU vs. George Washington game set for May 16 at 6:30 p.m.
Charlton named recipient of 2019 Buck Harless Bridge Builder Legacy Award
Judie Charlton, MD, professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at West Virginia University, has been named recipient of this year’s Buck Harless Bridge Builder Legacy Award.
Events, discounts highlight Nurses Week 2019
National Nurses Week is May 6-12 and the theme from the American Nurses Association is “Four Million Reasons to Celebrate,” which reflects the number of nurses nationally.
Meet our grads: Sylwia Brooks
Major: MD/PhD (Medicine/Neuroscience)
Meet our grads: Lance Hare
I first started when I was 21 as a nutrition major, but I got to a point where I didn’t feel like I wanted to be a registered dietician anymore, so I decided to drop out and go back to the drawing board. I went back to working retail as a full-time manager, and after a while I thought, “Hey, WVU has an exercise physiology program—that might be worth looking into.” And so I did. While researching what I could do with the degree, I was thinking that this would be a cool stepping stone to get my feet wet in medicine for PA school. I came back to WVU at 25, which was just over two years ago.
Meet our grads: Quintin Brubaker
While I was working in EMS in rural communities in Virginia, I really recognized how much healthcare and primary care needs were being unmet, and I wanted to help the people in those communities stay well, rather than be the emergency responder who shows up when things have already gone wrong.