Announcements
Annual, mandatory HSC employee cybersecurity training will now be done in InfoSec IQ system
As announced on Oct. 1 via Mountaineer E-news, all employees on all WVU campuses are now required to complete annual cybersecurity awareness training. This will begin Wednesday, Oct. 2. Employees with an @hsc.wvu.edu email account will no longer complete this training in SOLE and will be transitioned to Infosec IQ.
Visual Sciences CoBRE Seminar Series: Dr. Mandal to give presentation on sphingolipids
Nawajes Mandal, Ph.D., will give a presentation on sphingolipids in eye diseases as a part of the Visual Sciences Center of Biomedical Research Excellence Seminar Series on Friday, Oct. 4, at 1 p.m.
Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Baumrucker to give presentation on end-of-life care
Steven Baumrucker, M.D., will give a presentation on end-of-life care during the John E. Jones Lectureship Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, Oct. 4, at noon.
Ophthalmology Grand Rounds: Dr. Frigoletto to give presentation
Evan Frigoletto, M.D., will give a presentation during the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences grand rounds on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 7 a.m.
War legacies advocate to deliver WVU Global Health Week keynote address
The West Virginia University School of Medicine Global Health Program will welcome Sera Koulabdara to campus as part of Global Health Week, Oct. 7-10. Her keynote address, “Legacies of War: History, Healing and Hope,” is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 7, from noon to 1 p.m. in Health Sciences Center North room 1909 and via Zoom.
WVU School of Medicine announces new internal medicine residency program and academic department hosted at Eastern Campus
The West Virginia University School of Medicine has received Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education approval for a new internal medicine residency program that will be hosted on the Eastern Campus.
Curtis joins School of Medicine Department of Cancer Prevention and Control
Reagan Curtis joined the West Virginia University School of Medicine in August as a professor in the new Department of Cancer Prevention and Control.
Nursing simulation assistant provides hands-on learning environment at WV STEPS
Courtney Riley has always had an interest in healthcare. Her academic journey at West Virginia University gave her experience in child development, psychology and communications, but her path took a turn and led her to the David and Jo Ann Shaw Center for Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety.
Internet connectivity will be unavailable in parts of HSC Oct. 2
Wired and wireless internet connectivity will be unavailable from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2 for parts of the third floor north and south at the WVU Health Sciences Center.
Attend 2024 Gandhi-King Lecture on International Relations and Peace Studies
The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will host Narinder Kapur as he presents “Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi: Perspectives from Psychological Science, Justice, and Wellbeing” at 4 p.m. Oct. 2 in the Mountainlair Gluck Theater or on Zoom.