Announcements
Team-building tailgate kicks off interprofessional opportunities for WVU Health Sciences students
Students at West Virginia University kicked off their team-based approach to learning with a tailgate at the WVU Athletics Caperton Indoor Facility on Monday, Sept. 30.
WVU healthcare providers invited to apply for tobacco treatment training scholarship
The West Virginia University School of Dentistry, in cooperation with the WVU Health Sciences Office of Continuing Education, is pleased to offer 17 scholarships for members of the WVU healthcare community to complete its Certified Tobacco Treatment Training Program (CTTTP). The next training course will be available online January 13, 2025, through March 1, 2025.
WVU alumnus impacts gifted programs through public health
When Rich Ashburn discovered a gifted and talented magnet school during his search for a student teaching position, the West Virginia University alumnus had no idea it would affect the path of his future career.
WVU in the News: New clinic is working to help the nearly 1 in 8 West Virginia babies born with NAS amid fentanyl crisis
In order to help infants, mothers and families affected by neonatal abstinence syndrome, WVU Medicine Children’s and the IMPACT WV program have partnered to offer a new clinic for families with diagnosed infants.
WVU School of Medicine Charleston Campus faculty member joins editorial board of SCORE
Jade Gallimore, DO, MBA, an assistant professor at the WVU School of Medicine Charleston Campus department of surgery and program director of general surgery at the CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine, has been appointed to the editorial board of The Surgical Council on Resident Education (SCORE®).
Rural Health Interest Group meeting scheduled for Oct. 8
The WVU Institute for Community and Rural Health Rural Health Interest Group invites all students to join its next meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 8, from 12-12:50 p.m. via Zoom.
PREP (Pipeline Rural Education Program) 2024 application now open
PREP (Pipeline Rural Education Program), an initiative of the WVU Institute for Community and Rural Health, introduces WVU undergraduate students to pathways into the rural healthcare professions.
Sophomores formally enter study of nursing during Fall Pledge Ceremony
The WVU School of Nursing formally welcomed sophomores into the study of nursing during the Fall 2024 Nursing Pledge Ceremony, held Sept. 27 in the Okey Patteson Auditorium.
Annual, mandatory HSC employee cybersecurity training will now be done in InfoSec IQ system
As announced on Oct. 1 via Mountaineer E-news, all employees on all WVU campuses are now required to complete annual cybersecurity awareness training. This will begin Wednesday, Oct. 2. Employees with an @hsc.wvu.edu email account will no longer complete this training in SOLE and will be transitioned to Infosec IQ.
WVU School of Nursing, Lilly’s Heart Pantry come together to support Mercer County community
In a show of community collaboration, the WVU School of Nursing's Student Nurses' Association (SNA), has partnered with Lilly’s Heart Pantry in Princeton to provide much-needed food and supplies to the residents of Mercer County. The efforts are especially timely, considering recent flooding and power outages experienced throughout the region.