Announcements
Reminder: WVU Medicine healthcare facilities, WVU Health Sciences campus are tobacco-free
Employees are reminded that smoking is prohibited at all WVU Medicine healthcare facilities, as well as on the WVU Health Sciences campus.
WVU’s Clay Marsh to address congressional caucus on opioid epidemic
West Virginia University Health Sciences Vice President and Executive Dean Clay B. Marsh, MD, will address the Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus as part of a panel discussion on how medical schools and teaching hospitals are working to treat patients with opioid use disorders and ultimately stem the tide of overdoses in hard-hit and underserved areas of the country. The briefing is set for Tue., Oct. 17 at noon in the Capitol Visitors Center, Washington, D.C.
School of Medicine’s John Barnett speaks in D.C. panel regarding autoimmune disease
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), approximately 23.5 million Americans live with an autoimmune disease. These diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, inflammatory bowel disease and Type 1 diabetes, can weaken the immune system and require a lifetime of treatment.
Reminder: Heart Walk is Oct. 21
The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute (HVI) is serving as a sponsor of the American Heart Association's (AHA's) annual Heart Walk, which will take place on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Monongalia County Ballpark.
US News and World Report website features interview with Dr. Phil Saul
The article is titled "Getting to the Heart of Health in West Virginia." Dr. Saul is the executive vice president for WVU Medicine Children's.
WVU Cancer Institute Science Exchange hosts a crowd of ideas
Linda Vona-Davis, Ph.D., director of the Biomedical Master of Science in Health Sciences Program at West Virginia University, was surprised and delighted to see 65 of her colleagues at her recent presentation. Before the standing-room-only crowd, she discussed her latest research into how adipose-derived stem cells, which originate in fat, influence the activity of breast cancer cells.
Town hall to focus on children’s health
Pediatric physician J. Philip Saul, M.D., will be the special guest at an open forum for Health Sciences and WVU Medicine faculty, staff and students at noon on Thursday, Oct. 19, in the Okey Patteson Auditorium of the WVU Health Sciences Center. The topic will be, "WVU Medicine Children’s and the Health of West Virginia."
Healthcare providers from West Virginia and surrounding region learn latest approaches in cancer treatment at annual conference
Nearly 200 physicians, physician assistants, pharmacists, nurses, and other healthcare providers from West Virginia University and the surrounding region participated in the 27th Annual Fall Cancer Conference “Translating Personalized Medicine into Cancer Care” at Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown on October 6.
Lecture series highlights Health Sciences LGBTQ Healthcare Advocacy and Inclusion Week
SHAPE (Student Healthcare Alliance for Promoting Equality), along with the WVU Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics and the Divisions of Internal Medicine and Plastic Surgery, are sponsoring a week-long lecture series in the Health Sciences Center from Oct. 23-27. The lectures focuse on LGBTQ health.
Faculty, staff and retirees invited to celebrate WVU’s 150th Anniversary with colleagues and friends
All WVU and WVU Research Corporation faculty, staff and retirees are invited to join WVU’s 150th Birthday Celebration during three upcoming events. Join colleagues and friends at one of three upcoming events planned at the WVU Visitors Center, the Health Science Center Pylons and the Mountainlair.