Announcements
WVU Global Public Health Brigades Spring Break Trip 2020
Message from Allison McCracken, president, Global Brigades, and MPH student:
WV Prevention Research Center leads five-year study, 'Activate!'
More than 1,200 West Virginia students, parents and school personnel participated in ‘Activate!’, a five-year CDC-funded study led by the WV Prevention Research Center in the School of Public Health. Watch the video to learn more and, if you haven't already, be sure to 'like' and follow the School of Public Health on Facebook and Twitter.
New training program designed for clinical trial leaders in West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Clinical researchers across West Virginia have a new resource at their fingertips. In October, the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) is launching the Principal Investigators’ (PI) Academy, which is designed to provide guidance and direction to investigators conducting or planning to conduct clinical trials.
CDC Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds October 2
October's CDC Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds will focus on County Health Rankings.
You're invited: An Evening of Science, Sept. 24
The HSC Office of Research and Graduate Education is hosting an Evening of Science, led by the School of Dentistry, and all faculty, students and staff are encouraged to attend. More details available here.
Register for WVU Alert if you did not receive test last Wed. (Sept. 18)
The University conducted a test of its WVU Alert emergency messaging system last Wednesday (Sept. 18).
Bossarte recognized as world expert in suicide research
Dr. Robert Bossarte has been recognized as a world expert in the field of suicide, according to Expertscape.
WVU in the News: What the Science Says about the Safety of E-Cigarettes
“CBS This Morning” co-host Tony Dokoupil set out to see the science for himself behind e-cigarette use and its potential effects. In addition to speaking with experts from several universities, he came to West Virginia University to speak to Associate Professor Mark Olfert from the School of Medicine Department of Exercise Physiology and the WVU Cancer Institute about what his research shows about e-cigarette use.
WVU Health Sciences Center Faculty Development Program Noon Hour Sessions
WVU Health Sciences Center Faculty Development Program will host a series of sessions at noon on Sept. 26.
Planned power outage for Health Sciences will occur on Sunday, Sept. 22
To accommodate upgrades and repairs to electrical facilities, there will be a planned power outage at Health Sciences on Sunday, Sept. 22, from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.