Announcements
WVU in the News: McCawley warns Congress of dangers from mountaintop mining
Clinical Associate Professor Michael McCawley, Ph.D., at the West Virginia University School of Public Health told a House subcommittee on Tuesday, April 9, that his research shows mountaintop coal mining creates a health risk to both coal miners and residents who live near such mining sites.
SBS Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Angela Dyer
Angela M. Dyer will defend her dissertation titled “A Comprehensive Evaluation of a Home Visitation Program Model's Prenatal Physical Activity Curriculum Modules Delivered Primarily to Low-income Women.”
WVU Public Health expert to share state's naloxone distribution program at upcoming national summit
At a national summit later this month, a WVU School of Public Health representative will showcase the statewide collaborative effort for naloxone distribution known as the West Virginia Rapid Response Project.
Kelley delivers lecture at UMass Amherst
George Kelley, DA, FACSM, of the Department of Biostastics recently was invited as a guest lecturer at the University of Massachussetts at Amherst.
Volunteer for Girls on the Run 5K - May 4
Girls on the Run has been a great community partner of the School of Public Health, so we thought we would help their efforts by giving back. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to donate time toward their 5K event on May 4, 2019.
SPH Strategic Planning Survey 2: Results (Strategic Priorities and Strategies)
The WVU School of Public Health strategic planning steering committee would like to thank those of you who completed our recent survey. We are grateful for this constructive feedback which truly does help to determine what we are doing well and what we need to improve upon.
Biomedical Research Awareness Day event on Apr. 11
Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) will take place on Thursday, April 11th in the Pylons Lobby from 11–1 p.m.
RSVP for the SPH's Gold, Blue and You potluck - April 30
The WVU Foundation's 2019 Gold, Blue and You Campus Campaign, an annual fundraising effort that provides faculty and staff an opportunity to directly impact the WVU community through their charitable donations kicks off this week.
WVU employee benefits open enrollment runs through May 15
The Open Enrollment period is your only opportunity to make changes to your elected insurance benefits for the 2020 plan year without a qualifying life event. All changes for the 2020 plan year will be effective July 1, 2019.
REDCap changes coming April 8
To increase the protections surrounding clinical data, the way users access REDCap will change starting on Monday, April 8th. Currently, users navigate directly to the REDCap application via the internet or mobile app. The new access method will first route users through a terminal server managed by WVU HSC IT. This terminal server provides access to select applications including REDCap, Microsoft Excel, and a secure Y drive folder to save data. These secure folders can be accessed by designated research groups, to facilitate research team access to study data. With this new system, any data exported using REDCap’s export tool will be downloaded to a secure Y drive in a de-identified format. Additionally, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention software may be installed on user computers, to prevent unsecure transmission of research data.