Announcements
Simulation Certificate Program to be offered Oct. 12-14
The WVU School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Information in collaboration with the David and Jo Ann Shaw Center for Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety (STEPS) will offer the Simulation Certificate Program Oct. 12-14 for instructors with interest in quality teaching with simulation.
WVU Cancer Institute celebrates mobile lung cancer screening program’s anniversary, recent accolades
LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, performed its first screening on Sept. 14, 2021. A commemorative celebration of the day was held yesterday (Sept. 12) at the WVU Medicine outpatient center at University Town Centre, where the mobile unit is parked when it’s not on the road.
Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Villa-Forte to give presentation on ANCA-associated Vasculitis
This week's Department of Medicine grand rounds will feature a presentation on ANCA-associated vasculitis.
Innovation Challenge accepting applications from all Health Sciences students
The WVU Health Sciences Office of Interprofessional Education is now accepting applications for its Student Innovation Challenge. A pilot project for the 2022-23 academic year, the challenge will provide funding and mentorship for select student-led interprofessional education initiatives.
Faculty Development Program to host Academy of Excellence induction ceremony
The WVU Health Sciences Faculty Development Program will host the Academy of Excellence in Teaching and Learning induction ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 4 p.m. in HSC-North Room 1905.
Fairmont Medical Center opens Sleep Evaluation Center
Patients in the Marion County area can now access sleep medicine studies and consultations close to home at the new Sleep Evaluation Center at WVU Medicine Fairmont Medical Center, which officially opened today (Sept. 12) with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
WVU Walk with a Future Doc session to feature discussion on low-cost nutritious foods
This week's Walk with a Future Doc session will feature a presentation from Cathy Shaw, R.D., on low-cost nutritious foods.
Ophthalmology Grand Rounds: Fourth-year medical students to give presentations
This week's Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences grand rounds will feature presentations from two fourth-year medical students,
Save the Date: Dean's Colloquium to feature medical sociologist with expertise in race-based stress, coping and health among Black Americans
Mark your calendars for the next School of Public Health Dean's Colloquium, which will feature Courtney S. Thomas Tobin, PhD, associate professor in Community Health Sciences at the Fielding School of Public Health and faculty affiliate of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA. Dr. Thomas Tobin will present "Stress, Coping, and Health: Insights from Research on Black Americans."
2022 Thomas H. Covey, Jr., MD Lectureship
Announcing the upcoming WVU Department of Surgery Grand Rounds and the 2022 Thomas H. Covey, Jr., MD Lectureship with Visiting Professor Samuel A. Wells, Jr., MD.