Announcements
WVU researchers assess how a vegetarian diet can help prevent or control diabetes
As West Virginia University works toward becoming the world’s first Blue Zones Certified university, a graduate-student researcher in the WVU School of Public Health is exploring how one of the Blue Zone Project’s tenets—eating an abundance of vegetables—can make individuals with diabetes, and those at-risk of developing the condition, healthier.
How to Effectively Engage in Research in a Community or Practice Based Setting
WVCTSI’s Clinical and Translational Research Seminar Series will partner with the West Virginia Practice-Based Research Network to present a series of seminar on community engaged research. In the first entry, William Lewis, M.D., family medicine physician and co-director of the WVPBRN, and Stacey Whanger, MPH, WVPBRN network manager, will present, “How to Effectively Engage in Research in a Community or Practice Based Setting.”
Scholarships available for tobacco cessation continuing education
More than 20 scholarships are available for health care professionals interested in the School of Dentistry continuing education program on tobacco cessation treatment.
RSVP for SPH's international small plates and desserts potluck - April 12
SPH faculty, students and staff are encouraged to RSVP for the April 12 International Small Plates and Desserts Potluck from 11:30 to 2:00 p.m. Please note that the location has changed to the student lounge area outside the HSC Bookstore.
Next SPH All-Hands meeting scheduled for April 18
Dean Jeffrey Coben will lead an All-Hands meeting in 1905 Health Sciences Center -North on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Light refreshments will be provided, and the Strategic Planning process will be discussed. More details to follow.
MCHD reminds community members of radon dangers
Cigarettes are the number one cause of lung cancer in the United States - radon is number two. Nationally about 1 in 15 homes have elevated levels of radon (4 pCi/L or greater, according to the US EPA) where corrective action is recommended to reduce radon gas exposure. In our county, it is 1 in 5 homes. While your neighbor may not have any radon gas issues, your home may. It is a very localized problem.
Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity - Deadline March 1
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Firearm Injury Prevention Research Among Children and Adolescents is now open for applications. Positions begin summer/Fall 2019.
Epidemiology Fellowship opportunity - Deadline March 1
The IHS Injury Prevention Program is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 Epidemiology (EPI) Fellowship. The Fellowship is an advanced training program for individuals promoting injury and violence prevention in American Indian/Alaska Native communities.
Apply for the SPH Dean's Ambassadors Program - Deadline April 26
The School of Public Health is looking for dedicated students to join the Dean's Ambassador program. Dean's Ambassadors are students committed to helping grow the school population through recruitment-related activities. These positions will report to the Recruitment Manager, Lauren Devine. Applicants must be enrolled in the School of Public Health, in their second year in either their undergraduate studies or MPH/MS program. (We are not accepting and PhD applicants at this time.)
OEHS professor calls on WV legislators to keep health risks in mind
OEHS Clinical Associate Professor Michael McCawley recently penned an op-ed in the Charleston Gazette-Mail calling on WV legislators to remember the proven health risks associated with chemicals discharged in our waterways.