Announcements
Four WVU School of Nursing faculty members selected as Writer’s Camp Counselors
Four WVU School of Nursing faculty members have been selected as counselors for Writer’s Camp, an online resource that supports nurses in writing, editing and publishing. The counselors are Dr. Brad Phillips, Dr. Roger Carpenter, Dr. Heather Carter-Templeton and Dr. Suzy Walter.
WVU in the News: How WVU Medicine is reshaping rural care
At Morgantown-based West Virginia University Medicine, a physician in Morgantown could move from seeing a patient in their exam room to another in Summersville, then another in Princeton — all without leaving their chair.
WVU faculty member develops course for national dentistry journal
Just three elements – melody, harmony, and rhythm – can bring a person comfort. For a child who is experiencing anxiety in a dental clinic, music can make all the difference for positive oral health outcomes. To help clinicians incorporate music therapy into their practices, West Virginia University School of Dentistry faculty member Elizabeth Southern Puette, RDH, MSDH, developed a continuing education course for Dimensions of Dental Hygiene focusing on music therapy for pediatric patients.
Phillips to serve on Jonas Scholar Alumni Council
Dr. Brad Phillips, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs at the WVU School of Nursing, has been selected to serve as a member of the Jonas Scholar Alumni Council for a two-year term.
WVU School of Pharmacy program earns Pinnacle Award for advancing public health in West Virginia
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation has awarded the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy’s Rational Drug Therapy Program the prestigious 2025 Pinnacle Award. The program received the Team Award for Collaboration, Innovation, and Impact. The award honors those who have demonstrated significant scientific contribution and/or quality improvement projects in the medication use process.
WVU in the News: WVU Medicine Heart & Vascular Institute grew from $225M to $2B by ditching RVUs
In less than a decade, Morgantown, W. Va.-based WVU Medicine’s Heart and Vascular Institute has grown from 25 providers to more than 200, expanding from a $225 million regional program to a $2 billion healthcare destination, delivering nearly 450,000 patient visits in 2024.
From pumpkin spice candles to citrus simmer pots, WVU aromatherapist says smells evoke memories
As autumn begins, a West Virginia University expert is focused on the scents of the season — first pumpkin spice, then cranberry, pine and gingerbread. These aromas, popular in the form of candles, diffusers and simmer pots, trigger our emotions and memories through our limbic systems, according to Marian Reven, clinical assistant professor at the WVU School of Nursing and a registered aromatherapist.
WVU in the News: A surprising new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
Dr. Peter Konrad speaks with NPR on clinical trial in treating rheumatoid arthritis.
WVU in the News: Mississippi cities and counties, lacking state guidance, spend millions of opioid settlement dollars on general expenses
Dr. Judith Feinberg, a West Virginia University behavioral medicine and psychiatry professor, co-authored a guide with other public health professors that lays out how states can use opioid settlement money to prevent more deadly overdoses.
Art exhibit unveiling celebrates friendship, healing, and legacy of beloved WVU pharmacy professor
The exhibit, Art, Healing, and Friendship: Remembering Dr. Arthur I. Jacknowitz, has been on view in the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center Pylons Commons since August, but it came to life on Tuesday, September 16, during the unveiling when the artists, curators, and those closest to the project shared the stories and passion behind it.