Announcements
WVU DEM Community Davis Hospital ED faculty shares win at Iditarod Trail Invitational
Dr. John Logar, our own WVU DEM Community Davis Hospital ED faculty, crossed the finish line in Nome, Alaska Saturday alongside Petr Inamen from Downers Grove, Illinois in the Iditarod Trail Invitational 1000 mile Men’s Bike Division. It took them 19 days, three hours and 56 minutes. It was in 2014 when Logar won the Iditarod Trail Invitational by covering the 1,000 miles on foot. Records showed he finished that year in 23 days, 23 hours and ten minutes.
WVU Eye Institute Offers Summer Undergraduate Vision Research Fellowship Program
West Virginia University Eye Institute offers it's first summer undergraduate vision research fellowship program.
WVU Public Health student association to host family-fun 5K on April 7
Get your running shoes ready and join us for a family-friendly 5K on April 7, 2019, hosted by the WVU Student Association of Public Health (SAPH) . We'll have games, prizes, snacks, face painting and a FREE kids fun run to kick off the event! Register before March 24 to receive a T-shirt. Check the event page on Facebook.
Livestream: Match Day 2019
It's Match Day at WVU -- the day our medical students find out where they have “matched” for their residency training. Morgantown Campus students receive notice of their residency matches beginning at noon, and the ceremony will be streamed via Facebook Live! Watch it on the WVU E-Pylons Medical Students Facebook page. The Charleston Campus will begin their Facebook Live stream at 12:30 p.m. Watch it live on the WVU Charleston Student Services Facebook page. The Eastern Campus will post photos of their ceremony on the WVU Health Sciences Eastern Division Facebook page. ***Viewers are not required to have a Facebook account to view the live feeds.
WVU faculty named 2018-2019 Benedum Distinguished Scholars
Four exceptional faculty members at West Virginia University have been named 2018-2019 Benedum Distinguished Scholars in recognition of the high caliber of their research and scholarly activity:
Update: Paving for lot J-82 underway; progress being made on garages
Lot J-82 will be open Monday, March 18, for all WVU Medicine employees who are assigned to park there.
Course scheduled for healthcare providers working to help patients quit using tobacco
The School of Dentistry's tobacco treatment training program welcomes more than 10 types of heathcare providers to learn more about evidence-based strategies for helping patients quit using tobacco.
February 2019 Faculty Arrivals
ANESTHESIOLOGY Robert Stough, MD joins the Department of Anesthesiology. He last worked with the North Star Group in Morgantown, and prior to that was with UPMC Children’s Hospital, Excela Health and WVU. He completed his anesthesiology residency training at the University of Pennsylvania.
WVU researchers explore stroke’s effects on microbiome
Tumult in the bacterial community that occupies your gut—known as your microbiome—doesn’t just cause indigestion. For people recovering from a stroke, it may influence how they get better.
WVU Cancer Institute to host lung cancer screening event on Friday
NOTE: REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED. WATCH CONNECT FOR DETAILS ON FUTURE LUNG CANCER SCREENING EVENTS.