Announcements
NIH awards WVU $2 million to study link between Alzheimer’s disease, chronic stress
One in nine Americans age 65 or older has Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. That’s about 6.2 million people. If current trends continue, that number will likely swell to 12.7 million by 2050. Paul Chantler—a researcher with the West Virginia University School of Medicine—is working to change those trends.
WVU receives NIH funding to dissect the mechanism of retinal degeneration
With funding from the National Eye Institute, WVU School of Medicine researchers Peter Stoilov and Visvanathan Ramamurthy are studying the role that specific proteins play in rapid retinal degeneration. Their findings could help to bring about more treatment options for people with retinal diseases.
WVU Health Sciences Center lab-based research teams sustained progress even during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic
Despite the many challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center labs were largely able to stay open and functional, allowing critical research to continue. Not only were researchers able to continue their work during the pandemic, but there was actually an increase in research productivity.
WVU earns record-shattering $203 million for research funding
West Virginia University received $203 million in external funding for research and other sponsored programs for fiscal year 2021, besting the previous year’s record by $8 million.
WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute to host webinar with NIDA director
The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute is honored to host a webinar presentation with Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021 at 10 a.m.
WVU to launch projects aimed at building resilient communities
West Virginia University will launch several projects and programs designed to address challenges facing rural Appalachia – everything from small-scale farming to supporting the state’s aging population.
New West Virginia health survey underway
The Mountain State Assessment of Trends in Community Health, a new biennial West Virginia population-based health survey dubbed M.A.T.C.H., will gather information to help health officials and policy makers better understand the critical health needs of all 55 West Virginia counties, with the goal of directing resource allocation to communities that need them most.
Male participants, ages 25 to 50, needed for research study
A study is seeking male adults, ages 25 to 50 years old, who have been involved in manual labor to assess dexterity when wearing gloves.
WVU gets FDA approval for clinical trial of drug to treat eye cancer ‘from the inside out’
In the past, doctors would treat tumors with chemotherapy, but they couldn’t avoid hitting healthy cells, too. Today cancer treatments have grown more accurate, and scientists at West Virginia University are working to level-up their accuracy even more.
WVU-led team to build a bridge to better health using A.I.
Quality healthcare transcends the medical profession, as evidenced by a new project led by West Virginia University that includes not only health experts but engineers, a physicist, a lawyer and a business data analyst.