Announcements
WVU School of Public Health, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute collaborate to combat state’s opioid epidemic
The West Virginia University School of Public Health and the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute are collaborating to create a new leadership position that will focus on advancing brain health research and services to combat the state’s ongoing opioid epidemic.
August, September 2018 faculty arrivals
ANESTHESIOLOGY Yosaf Zeyed, MD, joins the Department of Anesthesiology. He completed his anesthesiology residency at the University of Miami.
Sunday's WVU women's soccer match against Texas is annual 'Pink Game'
WVU will face Big 12 rival Texas for its annual “Pink Game” for breast cancer awareness at 1 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 7, at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. The match is being held in association with the WVU Cancer Institute
HRSA Organ Donation Challenge begins
WVU Medicine begins its participation in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Organ Donation Challenge today (Oct. 1).
NCI director Norman Sharpless to present annual Hardesty Lecture - Oct. 18
The Annual Hardesty Lecture featuring NCI Director Dr. Norman “Ned” Sharpless will be held on Thursday, October 18, at 4:00 p.m. in the Okey Patteson Auditorium.
Chick-fil-A coming to The Market at WVU Health Sciences in January
Chick-fil-A will soon be available as a new dining option at The Market at WVU Health Sciences in January 2019.
WVCTSI announces 4 fall funding opportunities
The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) has released requests for applications (RFA) for the Open Competition, Launch Pilot Grant, Small Grant, and Open Competition (WVCTSI and WVU Cancer Institute) funding opportunities.
Support essential to grow WVU Medicine Children's
Any team can use more help.
Meditation and music may improve memory of those at-risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
Kim Innes, an epidemiology professor from the West Virginia University School of Public Health, and her team are studying the potential benefits of a simple meditation or music listening practice for improving memory and cognitive functioning, as well as mood, sleep and quality of life in adults with subjective cognitive decline, or SCD.
WVU offers new health management fellowship to physicians
West Virginia University is offering a new training opportunity for Primary Care Physicians: the Population Health Management Fellowship. Physician leaders will be trained in advanced population management approaches to improve patient outcomes and lower cost. Fellows become experts in using data and improvement science to address unmet patient needs, working within a health system leadership team as well as in dynamic academic primary care clinic of their discipline.