Announcements
June 24, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for June 24, 2021.
WVU in the News: Successful WVU STEM Mentoring Program Heads to Alabama
The West Virginian Health Sciences and Technology Academy, known as HSTA, is a mentoring program housed at West Virginia University. It helps participating students succeed in science, technology, engineering and math-based undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Now, that program is going on the road. The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing in Tuscaloosa, Alabama has received a $1.2 million Science Education Partnership Award from the National Institutes of Health to set up a HSTA program there over the next five years.
WVU to house first orthopedic physical therapy residency program
West Virginia University’s School of Medicine has received candidacy status for the state’s first full-time, onsite post-professional residency in Orthopedic physical therapy. Candidacy is the first step towards full accreditation, allowing the program to bring on its first resident in August 2021.
WV DHHR: COVID-19 Daily Update 6-23-2021
WV DHHR: COVID-19 Daily Update 6-23-2021
June 23, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for June 23, 2021.
WV DHHR: COVID-19 Daily Update 6-22-2021
WV DHHR: COVID-19 Daily Update 6-22-2021
June 22, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for June 22, 2021.
Death and religion: ‘Excess deaths’ sweep through Amish and Mennonite communities during COVID-19 pandemic
New research from WVU sociologists suggests that the Amish population saw “excess deaths” in 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers theorize their distrust in preventative medicine and history of religious persecution played a role in the death spike.
EyeSi surgery simulator offers unique training opportunity for WVU residents
Cataract surgery requires a delicate hand and years of practice to perfect, but a simulated surgical experience offered to residents at the West Virginia University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is helping the next generation of surgeons refine these skills before taking their patients to the operating room.
Pediatrics Grand Rounds hosts Dr. Linda Nield
Dr. Linda Nield will speak as part of the Pediatrics Grand Rounds at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, June 23. This presentation titled "Moving Toward Race-Conscious Medicine" will take place over Zoom.