Announcements
FY 2020 funding opportunities for the Department of Defense programs
Message from Lana Yoho, director of pre/post-award, Office of Research and Graduate Education:
Apply now to become a Dean's Ambassador for the School of Public Health
The School of Public Health Dean's Ambassador Program assists with recruitment and school-related activities. The program is currently seeking to fill up to three master's student positions and up to seven undergraduate positions. (There are currently no PhD positions available.)
WVU Collegiate Recovery provides online resources
WVU Collegiate Recovery has assembled a guide of online support resources, covering areas ranging from recovery to academics to mindfulness to nutrition and food security.
Participate virtually during National Public Health Week 2020
The West Virginia University School of Public Health invites everyone to join us online April 6-12 as we share important information about initiatives within the School and around the world related to the APHA daily themes – mental health, maternal and child health, violence prevention, environmental health, education, healthy housing and economics.
WVU researcher concludes that loss of work can lead to poor health, higher death rates
West Virginia University School of Public Health’s Christopher Martin, M.D., M.Sc., has found that a loss of work can actually be bad for one’s health and could even lead to higher death rates.
Putting passion into practice: School of Public Health students engage in valuable, hands-on learning opportunities
Although Mohini Chatterji left her home in India, she was able to make another home at West Virginia University’s School of Public Health.
WVU Board briefed on pandemic responses and plans
West Virginia University’s Board of Governors was briefed Thursday on the institution’s ongoing responses to the coronavirus pandemic and background on decisions that have been made and are under consideration.
COVID-19 projections look bad, but following the rules can improve numbers
West Virginia University Vice President and Executive Dean for Health Sciences Dr. Clay Marsh, now West Virginia’s COVID-19 czar, says in his blog that projections for deaths due to the virus are staggering, but West Virginians can “flatten the curve” and change outcomes by following the rules. Marsh warns that low numbers of COVID-19 spread should not cause complacency.
HSC ITS shares tips to keep teleconferences, online classes safe
The FBI has shared a warning about teleconferencing and online classroom highjacking threats.
WVU in the News: In West Virginia, one doctor’s fight to get her town coronavirus tests
When a family medicine physician in Beckley, W.Va., couldn’t find a coronavirus testing site for her patients, she found a way to open one in her own parking lot.