Announcements
Public Health professor appointed to Health Right Board of Directors
West Virginia University School of Public Health Professor and Occupational Medicine Residency Director Dr. Chris Martin was recently appointed to the Board of Directors for Milan Puskar Health Right.
Abstract submission for APHA Annual Meeting and Expo due Feb. 20
Looking to present, learn and find inspiration at the largest and most influential annual gathering of public health professionals? The APHA-Student Assembly is now accepting abstract submissions for the APHA 2020 Annual Meeting and Expo in San Francisco, Oct. 24-28, 2020. Learn more about the Annual Meeting here: www.apha.org/annualmeeting.
WVU in the News: Up to a third of opioid overdose deaths might be suicides, Johns Hopkins researcher concludes
A computer program using a kind of artificial intelligence finds that many overdoses are likely suicides — possibly a third of them, according to a study by a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine researcher who partnered with a Utah high school student.
You're invited to participate in the SPH's inaugural common read program
The West Virginia University School of Public Health’s Diversity and Inclusion Task Force (DITF) invites you to be a part of the school’s first common reading experience.
Experiential learning opportunity
Audra Hamrick, director of public health practice and service learning, invites faculty and their spring classes to participate in an interprofessional collaboration project with the Honors College and the School of Media. This is a great opportunity to help students connect passion to purpose.
Information session about Diabetes Prevention Program Feb. 13
The WVU Medicine Diabetes Education Center is hosting a meeting to provide information about its upcoming Diabetes Prevention Program. The meeting will be held Thursday, February 13 at 4:30 p.m. in the WVU Health Sciences Center room G252F, located across from the Human Performance Lab. The information session will include details about the National Diabetes Prevention Program, a free program that has been shown to reduce the risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes, and how you or someone you know can participate.
Health Promotion and Wellness focus groups to be held in January
WVU is working to support a happier, healthier community for all by coordinating existing wellness initiatives and identifying gaps in programming. The Office of Health Promotion and Wellness, led by Tara Hulsey, vice president for health promotion and wellness, is collaborating with internal and external partners to create a stronger culture of wellbeing for employees and students and to ensure wellness offerings are visible, accessible and strategically aligned.
Session on Health Sciences library journals set for Jan. 21
Health Sciences faculty are invited Tuesday, Jan. 21 to meet with library officials to learn more about the state of library journals, following the 2016-18 cuts.
When physical activity extends beyond PE class
West Virginia University researchers Nancy O’Hara Tompkins and Lesley Cottrell have launched a project to help increase physical activity in West Virginia classrooms.
WVU in the News: Healthy Grandfamilies Program coming to Preston County
Are you a grandparent suddenly raising a grandchild? Need help finding resources and services?