Announcements
Nursing students providing care at World Scout Jamboree
Approximately 19 WVU School of Nursing students, including students Katherine Barbarossa (left) and Morgan Spoharski, and four faculty from Morgantown and Beckley are volunteering for the next two weeks at the 24th World Scout Jamboree - North America 2019.
WVU Charleston Surgeon Ali F. AbuRahma elected vice president of Society for Vascular Surgery
CHARLESTON W. Va., July 23, 2019 – Dr. Ali F. AbuRahma was elected vice president of the Society for Vascular Surgery at the association’s annual meeting in Maryland. With this new position he begins a three-year term of service that advances to president-elect and then SVS president.
WVU researcher aims to improve cancer outcomes for West Virginians
Work from Dr. A. Courtney DeVries, the John T. and June R. Chambers Chair of Oncology Research at the WVU Cancer Institute, and her team is focusing on the side effects a cancer patient experiences during treatment, depending on their social environment.
WVU researchers use telehealth to head off hospitalizations and ER visits
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rural Americans are more likely than their urban counterparts to die prematurely from the five most common killers: heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease and stroke. Telehealth—the use of technology to provide healthcare remotely—is an emerging way to combat these trends. And it’s growing in popularity.
WVU tightening tobacco- and smoke-free campus policy; WVU Medicine policy changes in the works
While all West Virginia University (WVU) campuses went tobacco- and smoke-free in 2013, the University is tightening its policies on this issue, effective Aug. 1. Learn more.
WVU in the News: How racial inequity is playing out in the opioid crisis
The opioid epidemic in the United States has largely centered on white Americans, who account for roughly 80 percent of opioid overdose victims. But the national attention on white victims has pushed minorities to the sidelines, even as the number of opioid-related deaths among non-whites is on the rise.
WVU researcher explores link between intercellular communication and incurable blindness
Sandwiched between the retina and the eye’s vascular layer, the retinal pigment epithelium is just a single layer of cells, but it plays an outsize role in energizing the retina. In fact, RPE dysfunction can cause irreversible blindness.
WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute now offering new, non-invasive treatment for movement disorders
The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute is the only site in West Virginia and one of just 15 sites in the United States utilizing MR-guided focused ultrasound – a new, FDA-approved treatment for essential tremor and tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease that requires no exposure to radiation.
Workshop on Collaborative Care August 14
Psychiatrists and primary Care Physicians are in a unique position to help shape mental health care delivery using integrated care approaches. A workshop on applying the collaborative care approach, led by Dr. Mark Duncan is available on August 14, 2019. This workshop provides participants with the practical skills needed to work in collaborative care. The course describes the delivery of mental health care in primary care settings with a focus on the evidence–base, guiding principles and an introduction to implementation strategies.Space is limited! Register by August 7, 2019. Register here: https://apasan.wufoo.com/forms/zudqfri0hqwhp4/ Questions? Contact absheppard@hsc.wvu.edu