Announcements
WVU Health Sciences graduate students lead diabetes education program at local church
In a collaborative effort to tackle diabetes in the community, graduate students from the WVU School of Nursing and Health Sciences teamed up to provide crucial education at Suncrest United Methodist Church.
Showing power of community, WVU Alumni chapter in Boone County marks milestone for student support
Bringing together several generations of West Virginia University supporters, the WVU Alumni Association will celebrate a summer tradition during the 37th annual Boone County Alumni and Friends Pig Roast and Mountaineer Music Frolic on Saturday (July 13) in Boone County.
WVU widens service area to assist pregnant women, parenting families
A West Virginia University-led effort is extending its reach to 11 Mountain State counties, providing more low-income pregnant women and families with children access to health care and life skills through the West Virginia Healthy Start/Helping Appalachian Parents and Infants — HAPI — project.
Local health care leaders and learners provide free sports physicals and screenings to area students
An annual outreach effort led by WVU Medicine and WVU School of Medicine faculty and staff is helping monitor the health of hundreds of local students by providing them with free sports physicals and health screenings.
Interprofessional, simulation educator provides student-oriented approach to learning at WVU Health Sciences
After learning about the Standardized Patient Program from a friend during her undergraduate studies at West Virginia University, Katie Hoffman applied for the program and began working with WVU Health Sciences students as part of their clinical training.
New OTD graduate joins Country Roads staff after creating peer mentor workbook for capstone project
New OTD graduate Taylor Grout made a workbook for Country Roads peer mentors as her capstone project. She herself was a former peer mentor, and will use her previous experiences to guide her as she joins the Country Roads staff this fall.
WVU in the News: OpenAI and Arianna Huffington are working together on an ‘AI health coach’
The OpenAI Startup Fund and Thrive Global announce Thrive AI Health, a new company partnering with the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute to launch the AI Health Coach.
WVU in the News: WVU professor Elizabeth Scharman named Distinguished Mountaineer
The Daily Athenaeum features Elizabeth Scharman, professor of clinical pharmacy at WVU and clinical and executive director of the West Virginia Poison Center.
WVU in the News: Federal approval of new Alzheimer’s drug offers a welcome option
Marc Haut, director of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Memory Health Clinic, contributes to reporting by The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about a new Alzheimer's drug.
Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders offering free hearing screenings on July 12
The West Virginia University School of Medicine Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders will provide free hearing screenings to members of the public on Friday, July 12.