Announcements
MaryBeth Mandich receives music therapy advocacy award
MaryBeth Mandich, PT, PhD, vice dean of professional and undergraduate programs in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, recently received an advocacy award from the Mid-Atlantic Region American Music Therapy Association (MAR-AMTA) for her work on the development of a musical therapy undergraduate degree at WVU.
Donations being accepted April 30-May 9 for Blue and Gold Mine Sale
The sale is Saturday, May 12, from 7 a.m. to noon at the east concourse of the Milan Puskar Stadium. The early bird admission is $5 (7-8:30 a.m.), and free admission begins at 8:30 a.m.
2018 Health Sciences Day at the WVU Ballpark planned
Join friends and colleagues and enjoy an evening of America’s favorite pastime as WVU Baseball takes on Virginia Tech on Wednesday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. Discounted tickets of $5 each are being offered to WVU Health Sciences friends. The first 200 registrants will receive a souvenir. Please register by May 4. After completing this form, visit wvugame.com/promo to order tickets; enter the promotional code WVUHSC. You may select the number of tickets and seats by following the prompts. For more information, please contact: HSC Alumni Affairs Room G-270 HSC South 304-293-5110 glsaugenhoup@hsc.wvu.edu
Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology students awarded top honors at Van Liere Research Conference
Five graduate students in the Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis program were awarded first place honors for their poster presentations at the 53rd Van Liere Research Conference held March 22-23 at the WVU Health Sciences Center.
Team Science: Facilitating Collaboration and Research
WVCTSI will host the third installment of the seminar series highlighting team science. During “Team Science: Facilitating Collaboration and Research,” Darshana Shah, Ph.D., professor and associate dean of faculty affairs and professional development at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, will instruct attendees how to conduct more effective collaborative research by examining barriers and challenges to successful collaboration, and ways to overcome them. The first two team science seminars presented by Shah can be viewed anytime on the WVCTSI YouTube channel.
Clinical Trial Data: Good Documentation Practices
WVCTSI will begin a new four-part Clinical and Translational Research Seminar Series focusing on clinical trials. During the first installment in this new series, Tanya Moran, MS, WVCTSI senior quality assurance and auditing manager, and Shelley Welch, RN, MSHS, CCRC, WVCTSI clinical research services manager, will present “Clinical Trial Data: Good Documentation Practices.”
March Faculty Arrivals
MEDICINE Hatim Al-Jaroushi, MD joins the Department of Medicine’s section of pulmonary and critical care medicine. He was previously a pulmonary and critical care medicine physician at Charleston Area Medical Center.
WVU Camp Kesem accepting camper applications
The free summer camp is for children of cancer patients. Nurse volunteers are needed for the program.
School of Medicine spring faculty meeting scheduled
The School of Medicine Spring Faculty Meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at 12 p.m. in WVU Health Sciences' Fukushima Auditorium.
Immunology and Medical Microbiology student wins first place at Van Liere Research Conference
Andrea Pettit, a junior undergraduate student in the Immunology and Medical Microbiology program, was the winner in the Undergraduate Research Poster category at the 53rd Van Liere Research Conference held March 22-23 at the WVU Health Sciences Center.