Announcements
WVU Cancer Institute makes latest Becker's list
The WVU Cancer Institute has been recognized by Becker's Hospital Review as one of “100 hospitals and health systems with great oncology programs” for 2018.
WVU grad student pursues drug to treat aggressive form of blood cancer
Multiple myeloma doesn’t play around. Within five years of being diagnosed with this form of blood cancer, about half of all patients die from it. And even if they initially respond well to treatment, the cancer can hide in their bone marrow for years before reemerging in a tougher-to-treat form.
Learn about becoming a Blue Zone University at WVU Town Hall
Learn how becoming the first certified Blue Zones University in the world can inspire healthy transformation, economic vitality and higher well-being. Join us for a university-wide Town Hall at the WVU Health Sciences Center on Thur., Nov. 8 at noon. If you can’t join us, you can watch the event live at https://www.hsc.wvu.edu/live-feed.
Parking at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital to be affected by Thursday's football game
Patient and visitor parking at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, including WVU Medicine Children’s, the Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center, and the Ruby Memorial Emergency Department, will be altered on Thursday, Oct. 25, for the WVU Football game at Milan Puskar Stadium.
Apply now for Dependent Tuition Assistance Program for spring 2019 semester
The application deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 30.
Groundbreaking cardiovascular event showcases WVU Medicine as leader
The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute’s recent CHOICE 2018 program – a one-day, free cardiovascular screening and diagnostic examination event held in partnership with the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) Education and Research Foundation – had several "firsts," according to Partho Sengupta, MD, chief of Cardiology at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute.
Parking in Area 36 to be restricted
Because of construction, all parking permit holders for Area 36 (near the area where the Med Center Apartments are being demolished) will be restricted to the parking area as shown in yellow on this map, effective Oct. 29.
Marketing, communications offers training sessions for website editors
The WVU School of Medicine Office of Marketing and Communications began offering monthly training sessions for departmental website editors earlier this month.
WVCTSI names 5 new Research Scholars
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Five clinical and translational scientists have been named Research Scholars by the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI). These five investigators from the West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine include: Amelia Adcock, M.D., Cassie Brode, Ph.D., Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi, Ph.D., James Mahoney III, Ph.D., and Rashi Mehta, M.D.
Protecting coal miners from black lung disease
In a report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, WVU School of Public Health researcher Michael McCawley and his colleagues pinpoint shortcomings in how miners’ exposure to respirable coal-mine dust is monitored. Inhaling this dust over time leads to black lung disease.