Announcements
WVU researchers investigate bioelectricity to better understand breast cancer
Although breast cancer mortality has declined in the U.S., it is still the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer deaths in women under 60 years old. WVU School of Public Health Epidemiology professor Sarah Knox and tumor immunologist Timothy Eubank from the School of Medicine are partnering to investigate how bioelectricity affects the interaction between cells and the microenvironment surrounding them.
WVU Health Sciences hosts lecture on hospital safety
On Friday, Feb. 16, WVU Health Sciences Center will host Alan Fitch, a physician assistant at VCU Health’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and his wife Cathy Motley-Fitch, a performer and voice teacher. The lecture will be held at noon at the Health Sciences Center, Room1905.
New workshop addresses managing conflict in laboratories
A new workshop, hosted by the Office of Research and Graduate Education, will introduce basic concepts in relation to conflict in the lab and how to best identify it, manage and address it.
Save the date: WVU Medicine Spine Conference is Oct. 26
The 2018 WVU Medicine Spine Conference is set for Friday, Oct. 26, at the WVU Erickson Alumni Center.
WVU physical therapist addresses women’s health issues on West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Kristin Phillips, DPT, assistant professor of physical therapy in the School of Medicine, was a guest on West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Windows into Health Care series hosted by health reporter Kara Leigh Lofton.
David R. Holmes Jr., MD, is first annual Glenn and Ann Hiner Visiting Professor
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to a special Grand Rounds lecture on Monday, Jan. 22, at 8 a.m. in Fukushima Auditorium at the WVU Health Sciences Center.
Our physicians are our patients, too: WVU Medicine urologist battles brain inflammation
WVU Medicine urologist Adam Luchey, MD, was on vacation with his family in South Carolina when he began to experience symptoms of a rare brain inflammation called acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM).
WVU works with Kuwait University’s Faculty of Medicine on new international accreditation standards
West Virginia University efforts to assist global communities in improving healthcare date back many years. For the past two decades, Kuwaiti students have been coming to the WVU Schools of Dentistry and, more recently, Medicine to learn skills necessary to care for patients in their native country. In addition to preparing highly qualified physicians and dentists to meet the health needs in Kuwait, WVU has benefitted from the cultural infusion of Kuwaiti students.
2017 Cancer Burden Report released
WVU Cancer Institute's Cancer Prevention and Control, in collaboration with the West Virginia Cancer Registry, has released the 2017 Cancer Burden Report. The report provides updated statewide, age-adjusted incidence rates and counts for cancer diagnosed among West Virginia residents from 2010 to 2014.
WVU Medicine included in international clinical trial for blood and marrow cancer patients
WVU Medicine is one of 16 healthcare sites in the world that has been approved to participate in a clinical trial that involves administering actinium, a radioactive agent which targets cancer cells.