Announcements
Q&A: The Opioid Epidemic and Viral Hepatitis in Appalachia
Judith Feinberg has a joint appointment in the West Virginia University School of Medicine as a professor of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry and Medicine/Infectious Diseases. She is the Vice Chair of the HIV Medicine Association and a nationally-recognized expert on the opioid epidemic in West Virginia, Appalachia and rural America.
Betty Puskar honored at WVU Cancer Institute Gala
Friends and family members of Betty Puskar, founder of the Betty Puskar Breast Care Center at WVU, are featured in a new video that serves as a tribute to the Morgantown philanthropist.
WVU researchers identify four factors that predict chronic opioid use
Four factors increase the odds that a patient will wind up on chronic opioid therapy, suggests research conducted by a team of researchers led by Nilanjana Dwibedi, assistant professor in the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy.
Cancer Institute clinical team and transplant patients celebrate life at 25th annual patient reunion
The WVU Cancer Institute Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation Program has reached a significant milestone – 25 years of providing lifesaving transplants to West Virginians with blood and marrow diseases. The first transplant was performed in October 1992 and since then more than 1,350 patients have received the procedure and hundreds of non-transplant patients have received the latest treatment close to home.
Neuromodulation restores essential tremor patient’s independence
For 25 years, Jim Hudson, 68, of Moundsville, West Virginia, struggled with basic tasks that required the use of his hands. A movement disorder had taken control of his life.
Joseph P. Ornato, MD, to lead Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
The WVU Department of Emergency Medicine will host a Grand Rounds lecture with Joseph P. Ornato, MD, FACP, FACC, FACEP, as the 2018 John E. Prescott Visiting Professor.
Holgorsen, Hostetler, and Antoline to lead WVU Medicine Children’s capital campaign
WVU Football Coach Dana Holgorsen, former WVU and NFL quarterback Jeff Hostetler, and West Virginia native Steve Antoline have been named co-chairs of the $60 million capital campaign to build a new home for WVU Medicine Children’s pediatric and maternal services.
Photo exhibit documenting “unseen” parts of community opens May 31
“Unseen Morgantown” is a photovoice project produced by WVU’s Injury Control Research Center (ICRC) and Milan Puskar Health Right.
WVU remembers former internationally renowned cardiothoracic surgeon and chair of the Department of Surgery
Gordon F. Murray, M.D., joined the West Virginia University School of Medicine in 1985 as division chief of cardiothoracic surgery and rose to lead the Department of Surgery as chair from 1987 to 1998. After a prolonged illness, he passed away with his family at his side on May 21, 2018.
WVU researcher’s work stresses importance of suicidality in drug-related deaths
While the opioid epidemic is gaining significant media attention, a West Virginia University epidemiologist is working to shed light on another devastating national injury epidemic.