Announcements
Statewide partnership provides Mental Health First Aid
The West Virginia Collegiate Initiative to Advance Healthy Campus Communities and WVU will sponsor a free two-day, online Mental Health First Aid training from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 1 and 2. This two-part session is open to faculty, staff and students from WVCIA member institutions and partner organizations.
Video tribute planned for armed forces, frontline workers
This year’s American Freedom Tribute XI presented by the Gene Vance Jr. Foundation for the Catastrophically Injured will be broadcast Saturday, May 21. This year’s event, available on the Gene Vance Jr. Day website, includes messages from West Virginia University President Gordon Gee, Chancellor and Executive Dean for Health Sciences Dr. Clay Marsh and Vice President for Economic Innovation Major General James Hoyer (Ret.).
Summer Undergraduate Vision Research Fellowship Program welcomes 8 students to Morgantown campus
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences’ Summer Undergraduate Vision Research Fellowship Program is set to begin on May 26. The program is welcoming eight students to the campus to learn about the mechanisms behind ocular diseases and the exploration of possible treatments.
Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Hornsby to give presentation on autoimmune encephalitis
This week’s Department of Medicine grand rounds will feature a presentation from JoAnn A. Hornsby, M.D., FACR.
Ophthalmology Grand Rounds: Dr. Sinan to give presentation
This week's Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences grand rounds will include a presentation from a rotating off-service oculoplastics student.
Physician Assistant Studies Class of 2023 participate in white coat ceremony
The Physician Assistant Studies Class of 2023 participated in a white coat ceremony on April 30, 2022.
WVU Medicine Farmers Market returns May 25
Now in its 13th season, the 2022 WVU Medicine Farmers Market is not only an onsite resource for employees to purchase everything from fresh produce from farmers to lunch food from area restaurant vendors, but also a reason to spend out of office time actively outdoors.
Brick named 2022 recipient of Faculty Award for Excellence in Community Engagement
John F. Brick, M.D., professor, J.F. Brick Endowed Chair of Neurology and associate dean of Rural Outreach at the WVU School of Medicine has won the Faculty Award for Excellence in Community Engagement.
Save the date: 4-in-1 Institute Continuing Conversation
The “4-in-1 Institute Continuing Conversation” will be held Thursday, August 11, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Health Sciences Center North 2940B.
School of Medicine faculty members to participate as panelists in national discussion on balance billing and No Surprise Act
A national group of physician leaders and experts, which includes two WVU School of Medicine faculty members, will be hosting a panel discussion on balance billing and the No Surprise Act on Thursday, May 26, at 8 p.m.