Announcements
WVU in the News: Study reveals that nearly half of Americans have cardiovascular disease
An American heart study reveals that nearly half of all adult Americans have cardiovascular disease.
Register now for HSC faculty engagement event March 1
The fourth annual HSC-wide Faculty Engagement Event will be held March 1 from 8– 2:45 p.m., at the Erickson Alumni Center.
Rural Health Interest Group Meeting - February 26, 2019
Please join us for the next Rural Health Interest Group meeting on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 from 12:00pm to 12:50pm in room 1905 HSC North. RSVP for lunch by Monday, February 18, 2019 https://icrh.wufoo.com/forms/mk8jrva0odake6/
Chestnut Ridge Day Hospital has moved
The Day Hospital has moved from Chestnut Ridge Center to the Research Ridge business park on Collins Ferry Road (across from Timberline apartments).
Music at the Pylons on Feb.14
All are invited to join in musical recitals from WVU Health Sciences students and employees on Feb. 14, at noon in the Pylons Lobby.
WVU in the News: WVU Medicine embracing new tools and methods to improve heart health
MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine is changing some of its tactics and employing new technology to address cardiovascular disease CVD in view of new findings by the American Heart Association.
WVU in the News: Proposed WVU policy hopes to promote health by banning vaping
"I think that e-cigarettes ought to be treated like a cigarette," said Dr. Mark Olfert, an Associate Professor in Exercise Physiology at West Virginia University.
Department of Emergency Medicine names Goode as chair
Chris Goode, MD, FACEP, has been named the chair of the WVU School of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine..
Swisher named recipient of prestigious Linda Crane Memorial Lecture Award
One professor in the Division of Physical Therapy, Anne Swisher, PT, PhD, CCS, FAPTA, was recently named the 2020 lecturer in the prestigious Linda Crane Memorial Lecture series.
How to Effectively Engage in Research in a Community or Practice Based Setting
WVCTSI’s Clinical and Translational Research Seminar Series will partner with the West Virginia Practice-Based Research Network to present a series of seminar on community engaged research. In the first entry, William Lewis, M.D., family medicine physician and co-director of the WVPBRN, and Stacey Whanger, MPH, WVPBRN network manager, will present, “How to Effectively Engage in Research in a Community or Practice Based Setting.”