Announcements
Annual WVU Medicine Farmers Market begins June 30
Now in its 12th season, the annual WVU Medicine Farmers Market is an amazing onsite resource to purchase everything from fresh produce to lunch food from local restaurant vendors.
HSC Faculty Development Zoom session: "Surgical Education in the Era of Office-based, Wide-Awake, Orthopaedic Surgery"
All faculty are invited to attend the WVU Health Sciences Center Faculty Development Program presentation "Surgical Education in the Era of Office-based, Wide-Awake, Orthopaedic Surgery" Wednesday, July 7, 2021, from noon to 1 p.m.
WVU releases Spring 2021 Deans’, President’s lists
West Virginia University has released its Spring 2021 Deans’ and President’s lists, as well as the list of graduates for the Spring semester.
NIOSH PPRB Seminar Series July 14
The NIOSH PPRB Seminar Series welcomes Elizabeth Bowdridge, PhD, on Wednesday, July 14 at 9:30 a.m. for "Like mother like daughter: Maternal engineered nanomaterial inhalation during gestation leads to F1 offspring dysfunction." Bowdridge is a research assistant professor in the WVU School of Medicine.
Student helping others through public health policy
From Global Brigades service to Adventure WV experiences to CASA for Kids mentorship, Sam Wilson has made the most of her time at West Virginia University – so far. The School of Public Health Class of 2021 graduate will no doubt continue to seek out and take advantage of the many opportunities presented by the university as she continues her education in the College of Law. Now that she’s found a passion for what she’s studying, she can’t wait to learn more and dedicate her career to helping others.
SPH employee announcements
SPH Employee Announcements serve the purpose of informing all WVU School of Public Health employees (and students, when appropriate) when faculty and staff members have joined or left the SPH.
Social & Behavioral Sciences Doctoral Defense: Raihan Khan
Raihan Khan, social and behavioral sciences PhD candidate, will defend his dissertation titled “Can a Diabetes Self-Management Program Improve Diabetes Distress? Analysis from a Randomized Clinical Trial” on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at 1:00 p.m.
You don’t have to be an expert to know how to help
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating an unprecedented rise in mental health and substance use issues, leaving many of us asking how we can better support our friends and loved ones. Faculty and staff are invited to participate in Mental Health First Aid, an international, evidence-based program that teaches people to identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges.
Photography has resumed at HSC Studio
Photographers will be available at the Health Sciences Studio on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Construction is ongoing at Health Sciences, but individuals can still safely access the photo studio, located at G290 in Health Sciences South.
National catalog features Public Health grad’s dissertation
The most recent National Home Visiting Resource Center Reference Catalog features the work of a West Virginia University School of Public Health alumna. A 2019 graduate of the PhD in Public Health Sciences program with a concentration in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Angela Dyer’s dissertation, titled “A Comprehensive Evaluation of a Home Visitation Program Model’s Prenatal Physical Activity Curriculum Modules Delivered Primarily to Low-Income Women,” is one of less than ten dissertations included in the catalog.