Announcements
Student Affairs welcomes new team member
On June 16, Tessa Congo joined the School of Public Health in a permanent, full-time capacity as an outreach coordinator with the Office of Academic and Student Affairs. She will be working to help develop and execute student programming at all levels to the School of Public Health and its stakeholders. Along with Bradlee Hartman, Tessa will have a heavy focus on working with Scot McIntosh to expand career and professional development opportunities for students and alumni by redesigning and implementing mandatory, one-on-one career advising and professional development meetings with undergraduate/graduate students and young alumni during each semester of enrollment in the program.
Advising specialist to depart School of Public Health
Sarah Opatz, developmental advising specialist, will be leaving the School of Public Health, effective July 1, 2022.
Health Sciences students invited to participate in HIV/IPE volunteer opportunity
The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center is offering a volunteer opportunity in HIV workforce development for third- and fourth-year students at WVU Health Sciences this summer. Participants will receive a $10 gift card to Chick-fil-A or Starbucks and two hours of community service with certificate upon completion.
TRANSFORM program accepting applications
The TRANSFORM program, supported by the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences, is designed by and for faculty from historically under-represented minority in science and medicine, including those identifying as Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islanders.
WVU research finds LGBTQ people face barriers to health care, especially in rural areas
During Pride Month, it’s easy to find rainbow-colored health and wellness products—from bandages, to mouthwash, to fitness trackers—in stores or online. But actual health care that meets the needs of members of the LGBTQ community can be harder to get.
Pick ‘WVU-recommended’ computers from Dell in Mountaineer Marketplace and skip IT Purchase Request
Faculty and staff purchasing new computers and peripheral equipment through the Dell contract in Mountaineer Marketplace no longer need to submit an IT Purchase Request if the item is labeled “WVU Recommended.”
WVU Health Sciences launches site dedicated to addiction efforts
The drug overdose epidemic is affecting our families, our communities and our future, and West Virginia is ground zero for this national emergency. But hope remains. WVU Health Sciences has launched a website dedicated to information about the opioid epidemic and the University’s vision for a path forward.
Shared Services Center Monthly Group Meeting scheduled for June 22
As part of continuing efforts to improve customer service for the faculty and staff that we serve, the WVU Shared Services Center is inviting members of the WVU community to the monthly Customers’ Group Meeting on June 22.
Public invited to attend 2022 AGE-ADAR Summer Research Poster Symposium
Ten WVU rising sophomores and juniors, including students from the School of Nursing and School of Public Health, who began their six-week research training in the Appalachian Gerontology Experiences: Advancing Diversity in Aging Research Scholars Summer Research Internship on May 16 will proudly showcase their hard work at the second annual AGE-ADAR Virtual Summer Research Poster Symposium Friday (June 24) from 10-11 a.m.
New WVU program trains next generation of toxicologists to collect, analyze air samples from mining, fracking sites
West Virginia University is launching a toxicology training program that offers students something no other academic program does: experience collecting air samples, identifying the toxicants they contain and determining how those toxicants might harm a community’s health.