Announcements
Sign-up for Faculty Development Zoom session "Manuscript Writing"
All faculty are invited to attend the WVU Health Sciences Center Faculty Development Program presentation "Manuscript Writing" Oct. 12 from noon to 12:30 p.m.
Diversity Week: School of Dentistry DEI Committee to showcase diverse cultures in poster display
As part of Diversity Week, the School of Dentistry's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee will showcase information about different ethnic groups in the school in a poster display. The display will be available Wednesday, Oct. 14 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the hallway to the right beyond the Pylons, between the School of Dentistry and the School of Pharmacy.
Diversity Week: School of Public Health announces keynote speaker, Dr. Della V. Mosley
As part of WVU’s annual Diversity Week, the School of Public Health will host Della V. Mosley, PhD, Black queer feminist, scholar, activist and healer committed to liberation, as its keynote speaker on Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Lawn chairs available for students to use across Health Sciences campus
Starting Wednesday, Oct. 7, lawn chairs will be available for students to use across the Health Sciences campus to help promote social distancing in the outdoors.
Pneumatic tube outage to occur
A planned pneumatic tube outage will affect the following areas of WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals from Monday, Oct. 5, through Thursday, Oct. 8:
RESULTS sponsoring survey to gauge 2020 candidates' support for health issues
The RESULTS chapters at WVU and New River WV are sponsoring a 2020 candidate survey in anticipation of the upcoming General Election in November.
WVU Global Health Week lectures to showcase importance of worldwide interconnectedness
West Virginia University will celebrate Global Health Week 2020 from Monday, Oct. 19 through Friday, Oct. 23. Sponsored by the WVU Global Health Program, six lectures will be offered via Zoom throughout the week. Faculty, residents, fellows, students, staff and the Morgantown community are invited to attend.
Global leader in physical therapy presents virtual lecture to WVU students and faculty
Dr. Shirley A. Sahrmann PT, PhD, FAPTA presented a unique, virtual lecture to the Division of Physical Therapy at WVU on Friday Sept. 11, as part of the Division’s Visiting Professor lecture series. Dr. Sahrmann has been a leader in defining the profession as experts in the movement system. She shared her journey over nearly 60 years as a physical therapist, from treating polio survivors in the late 1950s under specific ‘orders’ from physicians, to becoming a movement system expert consultant within the interprofessional healthcare team of 2020.
WVU Medicine, Uniontown Hospital celebrate affiliation
Officials from the WVU Health System and Uniontown Hospital gathered today (Sept. 25) to celebrate their affiliation agreement with the unveiling of new signage on the hospital’s Fayette County (Pa.) campus. To see a CONNECT photo gallery of today's event, click here.
"Excellence in Gender-Affirming Care" virtual training set for Oct. 8-9
An upcoming virtual training and education seminar aims to expand health care at WVU Medicine to be responsive and sensitive to the needs of transgender and gender diverse patients.