Announcements
WVU School of Public Health supports new Preston County COPD clinic
A new pulmonary rehabilitation clinic has opened at Preston Memorial Hospital in Kingwood, WV, and a donor fund in the WVU School of Public Health is providing support.
WVU community invited to student magazine launch event
WVU student organization Ed on Campus will be hosting a release party and panel discussion for their spring 2019 edition of Mirage Magazine on Thursday, April 24, at 6 pm in the Media Innovation Center.
Study finds preventive oral healthcare is beneficial to patients and emergency departments
Preventive treatment means patients save time and money. Emergency departments can treat more critical concerns when alleviated of dental emergencies.
Hidden Codes for Academic Success
The WVCTSI Females Advancing Clinical and Translational Science (FACTS) group is hosting a special speaker to present a discussion and workshop on academic success. Jeannette South-Paul, M.D., Andrew W. Mathieson UPMC Professor and chair of family medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will present, “Hidden Codes for Academic Success.” This session will begin with a keynote address from 12 to 1 p.m., followed by a workshop from 1:30 to 2:50 p.m.
Preparing for and Responding to an FDA Inspection
WVCTSI’s Clinical Trials Toolkit Series will host a special webinar on FDA inspections on April 26. Ellen Liedel-Sargent, senior director of consulting, and Robert Romanchuk, IRB chair, both with Advarra, will present, “Preparing for and Responding to an FDA Inspection.”
Fentanyl deaths up 122 percent in West Virginia, say WVU researchers
If heroin is coffee, fentanyl is espresso. Just as a minuscule cup of espresso can hype you up more than a whole mug of coffee, a single exposure to fentanyl can get a user vastly higher than injecting the same volume of heroin. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin.
WVU in the News: WVU Medicine Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Health works to change childhood health issues
Working with kids was what everyone thought Sarah Moerschel, M.D. would wind up doing, but she didn’t quite know it would turn out as well as it has since she’s joined the West Virginia University Medicine Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Health.
WVU debuts new neuroscience “Brain Camp” for high schoolers
Eleventh and 12th-graders looking for a unique, immersive science-based camp experience should consider Brain Camp, a new week-long educational program taking place on West Virginia University’s Morgantown Campus in July.
WVU in the News: Rudisill discusses challenges of enforcing texting-while-driving laws
Research Assistant Professor Toni Rudisill, Ph.D., led a study published in October in the journal Injury Prevention that highlighted a variety of challenges to enforcing laws involving cellphone use while driving. Rudisill shared her insights recently with The Buffalo News, acknowledging the challenges police officers face in enforcing texting-while-driving laws.
Cancer Prevention and Control’s WV PICCS project featured in NCI’s new Implementation Science at a Glance Publication
At the request of the National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Health, Cancer Prevention and Control’s (CPC) Program to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening (WV PICCS) is featured in their new publication, Implementation Science at a Glance. Designed specifically for cancer control researchers and practitioners, Implementation Science at a Glance provides a succinct overview of this field.