Announcements
Michelle Angeline received the Outstanding Orthopedics Rotator Award
Michelle Angeline received the Outstanding Orthopedics Rotator Award. This is a huge honor for her and our department and she will be presented with a certificate from the Orthopedics department for her hard work and diligence during the orthopedics month.
Patrick Ma lab presents research at ASCO meeting, Xiaoliang Wu wins Merit Award
Patrick Ma, M.D., co-leader of the WVU Cancer Institute Sara Crile Allen & James Frederick Allen Comprehensive Lung Cancer Program and director of the Clinical Lung Cancer Program, and Xiaoliang Wu, M.D., Ph.D., postdoctoral research fellow in Dr. Ma’s lab, were featured presenters at the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Scientific Meeting this June.
WVU Hospitals, Summersville Regional Medical Center enter into management agreement
It has been serving Nicholas County and southern West Virginia since the late 1960s, and includes 105 beds and the county’s only nursing home beds. The hospital employs 500 professional staff.
WVU Medicine to host blood drive at the WVU Health Sciences Center on July 25
Every two seconds, someone needs blood, platelets, or plasma to survive. These patients depend on blood donors to roll up their sleeves and give the gift of life.
WVU research reveals clues on the cause of muscle fatigue in breast cancer patients
West Virginia University researchers may have uncovered the cause of muscle fatigue in breast cancer patients.
West Virginia Public Theatre production confronts opioid abuse, veterans’ issues
West Virginia Public Theatre presents A Hatful of Rain, a play that confronts addiction and veterans' issues. WVU Medicine health professionals will host a post-show discussion about substance use disorders following the 2 p.m. matinee performance on June 24 and will be available before and after each performance with information and resources.
Music at the Pylons fall schedule released
Music at the Pylons fall schedule has been released. The concert series held on the Health Sciences Campus will take place in the Pylons Lobby throughout the fall semester.
New rural scholars program available to health professions students in West Virginia
West Virginia AHEC Rural Community Health Scholars is a new, highly selective program available to 75 of West Virginia’s top health professions students interested in practicing in rural or underserved communities; WVU and non-WVU students alike may participate.
Two WVU leaders named to The State Journal’s 2018 Who’s Who in West Virginia Business list
Carolyn Long, West Virginia Institute of Technology campus president, and Clay Marsh, M.D., West Virginia University health sciences vice president and executive dean, have been named to The State Journal’s 2018 Who’s Who in West Virginia Business list.
WVU School of Medicine alumna elected as American Medical Association president-elect
Patrice A. Harris, M.D., graduate of the WVU School of Medicine, was elected as the new president-elect of the American Medical Association (AMA) today by physicians gathered at the Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates in Chicago.