Announcements
Community Health Needs Assessment underway in Monongalia, Marion counties
What are the health challenges in Monongalia and Marion counties?
WVU in the News: Dr. Javier Cardenas discusses groundbreaking football safety initiative with Marion County Schools
Dr. Javier Cardenas talks about a new initiative with Marion County Schools aimed at making football safer.
WVU in the News: WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, Riddell initiate groundbreaking football helmet program
A partnership between the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and football helmet manufacturer Riddell will use the best helmets available and a data tracking system to improve safety for middle and high school tackle football programs in Marion County.
WVU in the News: WVU expands Faith Community Nursing program
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation gave $41,000 to the WVU School of Nursing to expand their Faith Community Nursing program to the counties the foundation serves.
WVU in the News: WVU trains AI to diagnose heart failure in rural patients of Appalachia
West Virginia University computer scientists have developed multiple AI models that are made to identify signs of heart failure in patients from Appalachia.
WVU in the News: How light affects your brain: A scientist’s story and breakthroughs
Dr. Randy J. Nelson is one of the world’s top experts on how our body clocks, called circadian rhythms, affect our brain and health. In a new interview for the Innovators & Ideas series by Genomic Press, Dr. Nelson talks about his life, his research, and what we can do to stay healthy in a world full of artificial light.
WVU in the News: Are you overlooking this critical health factor?
“The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection.”
WVU Health Affairs awarded RWJF grant to strengthen census data and community resources in rural West Virginia
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has awarded WVU Health Affairs Institute (HAI) a grant to study McDowell County’s population and housing in support of the U.S. CENSUS Bureau’s 2030 Decennial Census.
Faculty, staff honored for extraordinary contributions at WVU School of Dentistry
Four West Virginia University School of Dentistry faculty and staff members were recently honored for their extraordinary contributions to the School and its students and patients with the WVU Impact Award.
New podcast episode: Weylon the Warrior
Info about the new Adjusting the Sails podcast episode featuring mother and advocate Gennifer Friend.