Announcements
MAP, Applaud and related services offline Saturday
MAP, Applaud and related services such as Web Clock, Leave Request and MyReports will be unavailable 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday (March 16) for important system updates that need to be made outside the normal maintenance window.
Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Reece to give presentation on injection-related infections
Rebecca Reece, M.D., FACP, will give a presentation on injection-related infections during the Department of Medicine grand rounds on Friday, March 15, at 8 a.m.
Mountaineer Marketplace will be offline this weekend
Mountaineer Marketplace will be unavailable from 9 p.m. Friday (March 15) to noon Sunday (March 17) for important system upgrades.
Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis graduate student awarded at annual Translational Research Cancer Centers Consortium
Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis graduate student, Angisha Basnet was presented with the AAI Young Investigator Award for her presentation titled, “Unraveling the role of myeloperoxidase during pancreatic cancer progression and immunotherapy response” at the 2024 Translational Research Cancer Centers Consortium.
Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Haider to give presentation
Adnan Haider, MBBS, will be giving a presentation during the Department of Medicine grand rounds on Friday, Mar. 1, at 8 a.m.
Ophthalmology Grand Rounds: Drs. Guffey and Jordan to give presentations
Two fourth-year residents will give presentations during the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences grand rounds on Wednesday, March 6, at 7 a.m.
Important WVU services inaccessible March 10 for quarterly security update
Faculty, staff and students on all campuses will be unable to log into many important services requiring WVU Login credentials 7 a.m.-noon Sunday, March 10 during quarterly security patching to the single sign-on system.
Health Sciences hosts National Library of Medicine traveling exhibit
The Health Sciences Library is hosting the National Library of Medicine Traveling Exhibit, “Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine.” The exhibit is on view in the library until April 3.
Department of Otolaryngology welcomes new Pediatric Otolaryngologist, Dr. Helene Dabbous
Helene Dabbous, M.D. joins the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery as an assistant professor and pediatric otolaryngologist. Dr. Dabbous is a graduate of the American University of Beirut, receiving her M.D. degree in 2017, and completed otolaryngology residency training in June 2022. She then completed a pediatric otolaryngology fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern – Children’s Medical Center in June 2023. Dr. Dabbous specializes in pediatric otolaryngology, and she is thrilled to join the WVU Medicine Department of Otolaryngology and provide much needed care to the children of West Virginia and the surrounding area.
HIV and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) event for faculty and staff on March 11
The West Virginia Regional Partner of the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center (MAATEC) will host an in-person event focused on HIV and Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) on March 11 from 12-1 p.m. in the Health Sciences Center Okey Patteson Auditorium.