Announcements
HSCommunity: Resources for Healing, Social Justice
Meshea L. Poore, Esq., Vice President for the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, discusses the importance of checking in.
WVU in the News: Talking vaccine doubters off the fence can beat anti-vax sentiment
In the final episode of “Doubt,” a new Prognosis podcast series that explores vaccine hesitancy, Bloomberg News examines how VAERS has become a favored tool of anti-vaccine propaganda and how some health policy experts are beginning to fight back.
Geriatrics Lunchtime Learning- 'Comprehending the Spectrum of Depression'
Title: "Comprehending the Spectrum of Depression"
4th Annual Behavioral & Biomedical Sciences (BBS) Spring Symposium
The 4th Annual Behavioral & Biomedical Sciences (BBS) Spring Symposium is set for Wednesday, May 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring a keynote address from Dr. Michelle Jones-London, Chief, Office of Programs to Enhance Neuroscience Workforce Diversity, NINDS.
WVU in the News: West Virginia has a massive HIV outbreak and it just restricted something that could end it
In February, a CDC official told a Charleston, West Virginia, city council committee that the country’s “most concerning” HIV outbreak was occurring among people using injection drugs there. Despite needle exchanges helping limit past outbreaks in Indiana and West Virginia, the state will now regulate the programs for the first time.
Request for Proposals: Bridge Faculty Fellows
The Bridge Initiative in Science and Technology Policy, Leadership, and Communications is seeking proposals from faculty at the WVU Morgantown, Beckley, and Keyser campuses for the inaugural cohort of Bridge Faculty Fellows.
Health Sciences faculty, staff asked to complete survey about COVID-19 workplace experiences
This survey is designed by the Office of Research and Graduate Education to gather data around what your workplace design has been (on site, remote or hybrid), the advantages and challenges you encountered in your unique situation, and thoughts around how we can translate your experience to new ways of thinking about a more flexible work environment at the HSC.
Georgetown Disability Alliance to host dialogue on racism, ableism in healthcare systems and spaces
Georgetown Disability Alliance will host an open dialogue on racism and ableism in our healthcare systems and spaces on Tuesday, April 27 from 6 to 7 p.m.
Faculty information for Commencement
The WVU School of Public Health Commencement ceremonies will take place Sunday, May 16, at 2:00 p.m. at Milan Puskar Stadium. The ceremonies will include Class of 2020 (May, August and December) and Class of 2021 graduates from the WVU College of Law, School of Dentistry, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health.
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences seeking participants for heavy metals study
Michael McCawley, clinical associate professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, is leading efforts to better understand the potential relationship between possible exposure of heavy metals and near-term health effects in children as a new mineral wool insulation factory sets to commence operations this summer in Ranson, West Virginia.