Announcements
Health Storytelling Workshop at HSC Jan. 25
Everyone’s got a story to tell. And in healthcare, telling and listening to stories is often a key to healing.
WVU medical student hosts panel discussion on human trafficking
Each year, 45.8 million people around the world are enslaved, and 68 percent are subject to forced labor. According to the Walk Free Foundation, over half of victims of slavery are women and girls and nearly one in three victims of slavery is a child.
School of Medicine announces new Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Clay Marsh, M.D., WVU Health Sciences vice president and executive dean, recently announced the formation of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery in the School of Medicine, effective January 1, 2017. Vinay Badhwar, M.D., Gordon F. Murray Professor and executive chair of the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, will serve as the department’s founding chair.
$6 million goes to Marshall and WVU to aid research and rural health
More than six million dollars remaining in a court settlement account has been transferred to West Virginia University and Marshall University. The funds were split equally between the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) at WVU and the Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health at Marshall.
Baugh named director of interprofessional education for health sciences
Gina M. Baugh, Pharm.D., associate professor and director of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences at the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, has been named director of interprofessional education for the WVU Health Sciences Center.
BOG approves $3 million in lab and research office construction at HSC
WVU will invest $3 million in research space at the Health Sciences Center, including an inhalation lab facility in the HSC and research offices and conference space in the Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Facility.
Health Sciences to join self-empty trash, single-stream recycling program December 19
West Virginia University Health Sciences will be the latest campus to join the University-wide recycling and empty-your-own trash plans starting the week of December 19th.
Go Baby Go at WVU
Go Baby Go is a program that began at the University of Delaware under the direction of Dr. Cole Galloway. The program aims to provide modified, ride-on cars for children with disabilities to increase their independence in moving around and exploring their environments while having fun.
Panini Pete's opens at the Market@WVU
Panini Pete's, a new restaurant option at the WVU Health Sciences Center's Market@WVU, opened on Dec. 1. The restaurant replaces EIO & The Hive.