Announcements
WVU names 2024 class of Ruby Fellows
Three promising researchers pursuing doctoral degrees at West Virginia University are receiving funding from the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows Program to aid in their future academic endeavors.
WVU School of Nursing student researches substance misuse solutions
Gwendolyn Arnold, a senior at the WVU School of Nursing, took notice to the lack of education around drug misuse in West Virginia, and decided she needed to do something about it.
WVU research shows smartwatch and clinical testing measures differ
At a time when usage of smartwatches and rings has become more common, a West Virginia University human performance researcher points out heart rate variability — the time between heartbeats — the devices report is different from what would be recorded in a clinical setting.
WVCTSI engaging communities across West Virginia through Ambassadors for Community Health Research Program
To ensure research is making the biggest impact possible across the Mountain State, the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) is recruiting its second cohort of the Ambassadors for Community Health Research Program, a program focused on increasing rural community involvement in research.
NEI grant will support undergraduate research at WVU as faculty researchers and students partner to explore relationship between vision and the brain
Since launching his lab in 2019, West Virginia University Department of Biology assistant professor Eric Horstick, Ph.D., has emphasized the importance of student participation in research at the undergraduate level by providing students with opportunities to work directly on major research projects.
American Journal of Industrial Medicine publishes article by WVU School of Dentistry faculty member
West Virginia University School of Dentistry Associate Dean for Clinical Education and Patient Care Tammy Chipps, DDS, MA, co-authored a recently published research article in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
WVU shatters research expenditures record for second consecutive year
For fiscal year 2024, West Virginia University crushed its record in externally supported research expenditures with $275 million — an 82% increase from five years ago.
WVU in the News: New upright scanner tracks brain function while you walk
HealthDay features work on an upright neuroimaging device developed by WVU neuroscientists, physicists and engineers that allows patients to move around while undergoing a brain scan.
Walking the walk, WVU develops motion compatible brain scanner
An upright neuroimaging device developed by West Virginia University neuroscientists, physicists and engineers that allows patients to move around while undergoing a brain scan could help set priorities for the evolution of imaging tools.
Internal Medicine resident’s passion for advancing the field brings her to WVU from Kuwait
As the West Virginia University School of Medicine’s newest class of the Graduate Medical Education program begins training, among them is the first resident sponsored by the government of Kuwait.