Announcements
Welcome new Health Affairs team members
Join us in welcoming new members to the SPH Health Affairs team!
Updated Access Location for Standard Operating Guidelines (SOGs)
Please note that the access location for SPH Standard Operating Guidelines (SOGs) has changed. From this date forward, all current SPH SOGs can be found on the School’s page within the new HSC Employee HUB.
New Biostatistics faculty member to join department
The SPH Department of Biostatistics is pleased to announce that Caroline Groth, Ph.D., has accepted our offer for a tenure-track assistant professor position. Dr. Groth joins WVU from the Department of Preventive Medicine in Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, where she is completing a postdoctoral fellowship. Groth earned her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from University of Minnesota School of Public Health in 2017 and her B.A. in Psychology (Statistics Concentration) from St. Olaf College in 2012.
Public Health researcher to discuss agenda setting at Summer Policy Institute
As part of a three-day immersive learning experience, this year’s West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy Summer Policy Institute participants will hear from WVU School of Public Health’s Lauri Andress.
OEHS faculty leaving SPH
As of Friday, August 2, 2019, OEHS faculty members Douglas Myers, ScD, and Kimberly Rauscher, ScD, are leaving the School of Public Health to pursue other opportunities.
Public Health student interns at the White House
While most WVU students were attending classes during the Spring 2019 semester, Jeevan Murthy was walking the halls of the White House.
SPH Leadership Team change
Kimberly Becker will be leaving the School of Public Health and taking on a new role beginning July 15 as director of communications in the Office of the Provost.
SPH co-curricular survey responses needed
Thank you to those of you who have already completed the co-curricular survey. We've received several questions regarding what counts as co-curricular experiences. Please include any learning experiences beyond the typical classroom setting where our graduate and undergraduate students are gaining knowledge about public health practices.
New Investigator Award presented to Public Health alumna
Congratulations, Amy! A PhD graduate with a concentration in epidemiology, Amy Hunter has been selected for the 2019 NVDRS New Investigator Award. An initiative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Public Health Association, the National Violent Death Reporting System New Investigator Research Award promotes innovative, quality analysis of data by emerging researchers.
WV Women Forward seeking input
West Virginia Women Forward is an initiative through WVU and West Virginia Forward that is working hard to identify challenges that WV girls and women face in regards to education, workforce barriers and the pay gap (to name a few). These challenges create barriers to educational attainment, which can hinder opportunities in education and career pathways. Leaders from all over the state are working together on this initiative and one of the first things that has been identified is that many programs and initiatives are happening in silos. Therefore, it will be beneficial that we get a state-wide inventory completed of programs and organizations supporting women in West Virginia. We started a preliminary list to create a medium where all could add to it so we can take stock of existing groups and initiatives that aim to support West Virginia women, and we’re hoping the list will give us a good idea of potential collaborators and unaddressed needs. We’d like to make it as comprehensive as possible, and your input is invaluable. Please send information on any women’s programs that you know about and don’t currently see represented on the spreadsheet to Maggie McDonald (mgmcdonald@mail.wvu.edu) who is collecting the information.