Announcements
WVU in the News: Don't Forget Our Frontline Caregivers in the Opioid Epidemic
America’s opioid epidemic will go down in history alongside the Spanish flu, typhoid, polio and AIDS as one of our worst public health disasters. Between 1999 and 2017, almost 218,000 people in the United States died from overdoses connected to prescription opioids, and almost as many more died from overdoses connected to illicit opioids. Of the 70,000 drug overdose deaths in 2017, two-thirds of them were opioid-connected. Deaths continue at the rate of 130 a day.
WVU HSC celebrates National Postdoc Appreciation Week
Since 2009, the NPA has sponsored National Postdoc Appreciation Day/Week to recognize the significant contributions that postdoctoral scholars make to U.S. research and discovery. WVU HSC will be celebrating the HSC Postdocs on Thursday, September 19th, Noon-1:00 PM, in the hallway behind the Pylons lobby. Everyone is welcome to stop by for scientific posters, pizza and cake.
Brunch for Women in Biomedical Research
The WVCTSI Females Advancing Clinical and Translational Sciences (FACTS) Group and the WVU HSC Office of Research and Graduate Education invite you to attend a networking brunch and learn about upcoming research and professional development events.
WVU in the News: Healthy Grandfamilies training coming to Preston County
Are you a grandparent suddenly raising a grandchild?
WVU CARE Team helps students, faculty and staff better assist students who are at-risk
The WVU CARE (Collaboration, Assessment, Response, Engagement) Team’s primary goal is to help students, staff, and faculty better assist students who are at-risk.
WVU College of Law hosting climate change public health workshop
The WVU College of Law will host "Climate Change and Public Health: Addressing the Growing Crisis" on Sept. 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the College of Law Event Hall. Keynote speaker is Bernard Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. WVU speakers are professors Robert Duval of the School of Public Health and Nicolas Zegreof the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design.
The State of West Virginia's Kids Summit Awards Luncheon
Tickets are now available for the State of West Virginia's Kids Summit Awards Luncheon, to be held Tuesday, Oct. 1, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Edgewood Country Club in Charleston. Join business leaders, elected officials and child advocates as the organization celebrates WV KIDS COUNT's 30th Anniversary by introducing West Virginia's Child Well-Being Scorecard with Dr. Lindsay Allen and Dr. Tammy Collins and premeiering 'Every Kid Counts in WV' Call to Action.
Looking beyond the tooth: WVU studies impact of social support on kids’ oral health
Only 45 percent of Medicaid-enrolled children in West Virginia received dental care in 2017, according to the West Virginia Kids Count Data Book. When visits to the dentist office are few and far between, dental professionals strive even harder to maximize the effects of each appointment, especially when it comes to preventing kids’ cavities.
WVU in the News: WVU Medicine's Gamma Knife program provides high-quality treatment for inoperable tumors
For some cancer patients, having inoperable or at least risky-to-treat tumors doesn’t necessarily mean they’re untreatable if the right technology is applied.
WVU in the News: Pulmonary disease associated with vaping reported in WV
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources has received reports of one confirmed case and one probable case of pulmonary illness associated with vaping.