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NIH Medical Research Scholars Program Overview

Join WVCTSI and the WVU School of Medicine for a special presentation on the National Institutes of Health Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP). on December 8. Thomas Burklow, MD, FAAP, FACC, director of the NIH MRSP will present an overview of this year long research immersion program. Following Dr. Burklow's presentation, attendees will have the chance to hear from Sundus Lateef, WVU medical student and first West Virginian selected for the MRSP.

WVU Medicine Children’s helps family access critical gene therapy

When Brittany and Chris Nix, of Fort Gay, had their son, Oliver, they didn’t expect him to be born with a disease that would prevent him from being able to walk, eat, or breathe. Thanks to a routine test given to all babies in West Virginia and 17 other states and a life-saving treatment given at WVU Medicine Children’s, Oliver has a better chance to live a normal life.

WVU Cancer Institute offers new immune therapy

The WVU Cancer Institute Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation Program has expanded its ability to offer chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy to patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma.

Department of Family Medicine begins search for new chair

Dana E. King, M.D., M.S, professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine, will retire from his role, effective June 30, 2021. King, who has served as chair since 2012, plans to remain active in clinical and academic work with the School.

WVU Heart and Vascular Institute cardiologist wins NHLBI challenge

The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute has been selected as a winner in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) Big Data Analysis Challenge: Creating New Paradigms for Heart Failure Research for research on using machine learning to predict ventricular disease done by Partho Sengupta, MD, WVU Heart and Vascular Institute Cardiology division chief and director of cardiac imaging.

An Important Mission: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We want you to know how important the mission of diversity, equity and inclusion is here at Health Sciences. Below, you will find a number of specific action items we plan to implement. We want to be as transparent and specific about our efforts as possible.