Announcements
Applications open for 2018 Interdisciplinary Research Leaders program - Due March 14
Interdisciplinary Research Leaders, a national leadership development program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is accepting applications for research teams until March 14.
2018 Thomas H. Covey, Jr., MD, Visiting Professor Lectureship
March 28, 2018, beginning at 8:00 a.m. at the WVU Health Sciences Pathology Amphitheater, room 2118.
Save the date: Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center Night of Recognition
Save the date for the ninth annual Night of Recognition, which will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place.
WVU fellow receives first Post-Doctoral Association research grant
Career development for biomedical postdoctoral researchers at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center is a priority to further the research mission of better health. In support of this, the Office of Research and Graduate Education provides internal grant opportunities for postdoctoral investigators who want to significantly advance their research capacity and propel their development and advancement within the research community.
Virginia interprofessional Summit for Addiction Education set for March 29 in Charlottesville
The first Virginia Interprofessional Summit for Addiction Education will kick off on Thursday, March 29, in in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Marsh to speak at South by Southwest Conference in Texas
Clay B. Marsh, M.D., WVU vice president and executive dean for health sciences, will be one of four panelists discussing “Hacking the Opioid Epidemic: How Behavioral Science Can Help Us Combat America’s Most Pressing Health Crisis,” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. March 13 in the Austin Convention Center.
New software tool will help clinicians document patient information
New software, called Computer Assisted Physician Documentation (CAPD) with M*Modal Fluency Direct tool, will be available for clinicians March 1.
WVU in the News: Is OxyContin Losing Its Luster?
Patrick Marshalek, MD, addiction specialist and co-director of WVU Medicine's Integrative Pain Management Clinic offers insight on Purdue Pharmaceuticals' recent decision to stop marketing prescription opioid OxyContin to doctors in the United States.
WVU doctors and nurses work together to get tonsillectomy patients home faster
After having their tonsils removed, patients often can’t leave the hospital for six hours, even if they bounce back from surgery sooner. Hospital policy commonly mandates a six-hour recovery time. But research led by Habib Zalzal, M.D., a resident in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, suggests that not all tonsillectomy patients have to wait that long.
School of Medicine names Watson as chair of Neurology
David Watson, M.D., has been named to lead the WVU School of Medicine’s Department of Neurology. Dr. Watson, associate professor and headache specialist, has been serving as interim chair of the department for more than a year.