Announcements
Immunology and Medical Microbiology students receive 2019 SURE Fellowships
The Office of Undergraduate Research provides students the opportunity to participate in research as early as their first semester on campus. Every semester, many Honors College students take advantage of the resources provided by this office to match with a professor doing research in their field of interest. The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) is an eight-week summer undergraduate research experience for students interested in careers in research or graduate school within their disciplines. The selected students receive a stipend and are expected to research full-time for those eight weeks. Four students in the Immunology and Medical Microbiology undergraduate program have accepted 2019 SURE Fellowships. Junior Quinn Hopen will work with Dr. Jennifer Franko; sophomore Katherine Lee with Dr. Edwin Wan; sophomore Wendy Jent with Dr. Paul Chantler; and freshman Lily Schelling with Dr. Salik Hussain.
May 2019 Commencement details for faculty
The commencement ceremony for the M.D. program is scheduled for May 2019. The Class of 2019 will walk the aisle on Friday, May 10, at 7 p.m. at the Creative Arts Center.
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.
WVU School of Dentistry’s Mesaros Symposium addressed the impact of diabetes on oral health
The Mesaros Symposium is a continuing education course for physicians and dentists. The 2019 seminar focused on diagnosing and treating both diabetes and periodontal disease.
School of Medicine Spring Faculty Meeting scheduled
The School of Medicine spring faculty meeting will be held on Friday, May 3, 2019 at 12 p.m. in WVU Health Sciences' Fukushima Auditorium. Your attendance is important as the School of Medicine faculty will approve the Class of 2019 graduates of the MD and Professional Programs.
Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis students awarded at Van Liere Research Day
The 54th annual Van Liere Research Conference was held on March 21 - 22 on the Health Sciences Campus. This year, two students in the Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Graduate Program received awards for their presentations. Savannah Sims, a third year Ph.D. Candidate in Dr. Gordon Meare’s Lab, was selected as one of the graduate students to give an oral presentation on day 1 and placed first in the third year doctoral student basic sciences category for her poster presentation on day 2. The title of her presentation was, "Janus Kinase 1 Regulates Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Induced Gene Expression in Astrocytes." Nicole Mihalik, a second year Ph.D. Student in Dr. Tim Eubank’s Lab, placed first in the second year doctoral student basic sciences category. The title of her poster was, "Synthesis and characterization of PLGA/PEG-PLGA nanoparticles for the encapsulation of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor."
Dr. Judie Charlton to step down as CMO
Judie Charlton, MD, WVU Medicine chief medical officer, has announced her plans to step down from that position.
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.
“Understanding Trauma through Art and Literature” exhibit displays at Health Sciences Library through May 20
Rather than simply trying to define trauma, a group of undergraduate honors students created works of art that illustrate and narrate trauma. Their exhibit, “Understanding Trauma through Art and Literature,” will remain on display at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Library through May 20.
Important info regarding Adobe software
WVU is currently in the process of renegotiating the software licensing agreement with Adobe. Due to dramatic increases in cost with this software, we need to verify use and only install it on computers where the software will be used. In the past, several Adobe programs were automatically included as part of the standard software image on PCs being deployed at HSC regardless of whether the end-user needed the software or not.