Announcements
WVU Brownfields Center receives $5M to expand work throughout Mid-Atlantic
WVU Technical Assistance to Brownfields, led by the Brownfields Assistance Center at WVU, will use these funds to grow their team, which currently includes School of Public Health Associate Professor Christiaan Abildso, and help empower communities in West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C. to transform brownfields—property hindered from redevelopment or reuse due to the presence or perceived presence of a hazardous substance or contaminant.
Blood Drive planned for June 27 at Ruby Memorial Hospital
An American Red Cross blood drive will be held Tuesday, June 27 from noon to 6 p.m. in the Bruce McClymonds Conference Center.
WVU releases Dean’s, President’s and graduate lists for Spring 2023
West Virginia University has released its Spring 2023 Dean’s and President’s lists, as well as the full list of graduates for the spring semester. Altogether, 6,273 students earned honors during the spring semester.
WVU research study seeking healthy adult participants
West Virginia University researchers are seeking healthy adult volunteers to participate in a research study that aims to determine if small wearable sensors can accurately measure activities commonly done as part of one’s occupation.
Ignore emails asking you to buy gift cards and validate unusual requests
Information Technology Services reminds all faculty and staff to be skeptical of urgent emails asking you to purchase gift cards using personal or University funds.
New online training to improve researcher and student knowledge of Medicaid administrative data analysis
WVU Health Affairs Institute has launched a robust online Medicaid administrative claims data analysis training, enabling researchers, data analysts and students to develop a better understanding of how to use Medicaid data to identify health trends and associations. The instructor is Dr. Zheng Dai, assistant director of health analytics for Health Affairs Institute, who earned his PhD in epidemiology from the WVU School of Public Health.
SPH ENEWS and Weekly Research Update to go on brief hiatus
SPH ENEWS will be on hiatus the week of June 26. It will resume on Wednesday, July 5.
WVU in the News: Public Health professor and director serves as distinguished Global Health Visiting Professor
In 2022, students in the UB-ISGlobal Master of Global Health and Master of Clinical Research: International Health Track benefited from the engagement of two distinguished Global Health Visiting Professors, including Dr. Chris Martin, School of Public Health professor and director of the Global Engagement Office and Occupational Medicine Residency program.
WVU welcomes White House director for discussion on addressing addiction
As communities across the United States expand and explore solutions, the WVU community welcomed Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, for discussions on addressing addiction.
EPID Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Madelin Gardner
Madelin Gardner will defend her dissertation titled, “Exploring prenatal care in a rural Appalachian state: A Project WATCH study of barriers and facilitators in all births from May 2018 to March 2022" on June 15 from 9 to 11 a.m. in room HSS 7606.