Announcements
WVU School of Nursing student donating hygiene kits to elementary school
WVU senior nursing student Makailea Hidalgo wants to help elementary students understand hygiene is important to overall health, and to do that, she is creating hygiene kits for fifth graders at a local elementary school
WVU’s HAPI Project/Healthy Start Program receives $5.47 million for next five years
The West Virginia Healthy Start/Helping Appalachian Parents and Infants Project received a total of $5.47 in continued federal funding for the next five years through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health.
WVU medical professionals provide healing and hope through laughter on mission trip
Laughter is one of the best forms of medicine. It can draw humans closer and triggers a physical and emotional response to humor. Laughter also invokes joy, is an antidote to burnout and can help heal pain, sadness and grief.
WVU Public Health faculty to be celebrated during Research Week 2019
Four faculty members from the WVU School of Public Health are participating in celebratory events during the University's inaugural Research Week, April 1-5, 2019.
Students present work at 54th Annual Van Liere Research Conference
The Van Liere Research Conference was held on March 21st and March 22, 2019 at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Campus.
WVU Public Health honorary society to host blood drive
The Gamma Mu Chapter of Delta Omega at West Virginia University’s School of Public Health is hosting a blood drive Tuesday, April 23, 2019, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the WVU Student Recreation Center.
WVU in the News: NIA deputy director visits WVU, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
Students, faculty, researchers and doctors at West Virginia University’s Health Sciences campus had the opportunity Wednesday morning to see where their work falls in the greater context of national efforts to address dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
WVU Public Health students help to improve Honduran community
From March 9-15, 13 WVU students traveled to the mountainous region of Honduras to participate in the Global Brigades movement. An international non-profit organization, Global Brigades aims to improve equality of life by empowering communities to resolve global health and economic disparities through student volunteers and local teams.
WVU School of Pharmacy among top five match rates in the country for residency programs
The West Virginia University School of Pharmacy and its latest group of residents reached new milestones during 2019’s Pharmacy Match Day.
WVU Public Health students helping area families live better
This semester, students in the WVU School of Public Health are helping to implement a training program that will assist the area’s older adults in raising their grandchildren.