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Du Publishes Two Studies That Describe an Improved Approach to Bone Marrow Transplant

WVU cancer researcher and Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Wei Du, MD, PhD, teamed up with researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to focus on improving outcomes and reducing side effects of traditional stem cell transplant. Their work was recently published in Leukemia, one of the top journals in hematology.

WVU Medicine to provide free joint replacements in December

Operation Walk USA takes place each December in an annual tradition of giving back. The program provides all aspects of treatment – surgery, hospitalization, and pre-and post-operative care – at no cost to participating patients who may not qualify for government health coverage, have insurance, or afford surgery on their own.

WVU Cancer Institute one of six sites to participate in national research collaboration

The National Cancer Institute in association with the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot Initiative recently announced the funding of a new research collaboration, the SIMPRO Research Center. SIMPRO is a consortium of six U.S. healthcare systems, including WVU Medicine, whose goal is to integrate the use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) into the routine practice of oncology providers to improve symptom management and to decrease hospitalizations.

WVU researcher delves into cardiovascular effects of vaping

Vaping has surpassed all other forms of tobacco use in middle- and high-schoolers. New research led by Mark Olfert, an associate professor in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, suggests if teenagers continue to vape into adulthood, the cardiovascular effects may, by some measures, be as dire as if they’d smoked cigarettes.