Announcements
West Virginia University Institute for Community and Rural Health 2018 RUSH Students Selected
The Rural Undergraduate Shadowing in Healthcare Program (RUSH) is designed to provide participants with a unique experience that offers insight into what it is like to practice a health profession in rural West Virginia. Participants must be a current WVU student in good academic standing that is planning to pursue a health career with the long-term goal of practicing in rural and/or underserved areas of West Virginia in one of the following disciplines: Medicine-Family Medicine, Medicine-Pediatrics or Dentistry. Selected students shadow a rural practitioner for a total of 20 hours during specific dates agreed upon by the participating practitioner and the student and work with the WVU Institute for Community and Rural Health and the WVU PreHealth Professional Development Office to identify other rural-related programs relevant to your chosen health profession discipline including research and service activities. RUSH students also meet one or more times with the PreHealth Professional Development Office to put together their professional school application which includes guidance on class choice, writing a personal statement, mock interviews, and obtaining a committee letter. This year's RUSH-ers are Eva MacFarland, a junior majoring in Biology and Psychology, from Bridgeport, WV. She will be shadowing with Dr. Joanna Bailey at Tug River Medical Center in Pineville, WV. Kristin Ruddle, a junior majoring in Biology from Brandywine, WV. She will be shadowing with Dr. Stephanie Sisler at Wellspring Family Medicine in Terra Alta, WV. Ryan Kirk, a junior from Weirton, WV majoring in Biology will be shadowing with dentists at Minne Hamilton Health Systems in Grantsville, WV.
WVU in the news: Seniors turn back the clock by getting off the couch
It’s never too late to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Dana King, chair of the Department of Family Medicine, discussed this with Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachussetts.
Seeking participants for January “Living Well with Pain Workshop,” spots limited
A West Virginia University Department of Orthopaedics research study is seeking participants with aches and pains from Berkeley, Doddridge, Greenbrier, Jackson, Marion, Monongalia, Wood, and surrounding counties in West Virginia; Fayette County in Pennsylvania; and Washington County in Ohio for a self-help workshop.
November 2018 Faculty Arrivals
ANESTHESIOLOGY Christopher Davis, MD joins the Department of Anesthesiology. He was most recently with Mammoth Hospital in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., and was formerly an anesthesiology faculty member here at WVU Medicine.
VDC begins accepting Graduate Student Pilot Project Grant applications January 1
The WVU Vaccine Development Center has announced that it will begin taking applications for the Graduate Student Pilot Project Grants starting January 1, 2019.
HIIM student recognized for saving life of drowning swimmer
Health Informatics and Information Management major Alex Dayton was recently recognized by New Jersey Legislature for saving the life of a swimmer who nearly drowned off a beach in August. E. Gordon Gee, president of WVU, stopped by one of Alex's HIIM classes to surprise her with the certificate and tell the class about her feats.
WVU School of Public Health to host panel discussion about harm reduction programs
In a continuing series of events focused on the state’s most pressing public health issues, the West Virginia University School of Public Health will host a panel discussion about harm reduction programs.
Blood Drive
Event Location: Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center Atrium (1st Floor)
WVU Cancer Institute surgical oncologists perform new treatment for abdominal cancer
Brian Boone, MD, surgical oncologist in the WVU Medicine Department of Surgery and WVU Cancer Institute, performed the state’s first hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) infusion. This treatment delivers heated, sterilized chemotherapy to the abdomen as a treatment for cancer that has spread to the lining of the abdominal cavity, or peritoneum.
In the News: Researchers Working on Vaccine Against P. aeruginosa Before Infection Sets In
Researchers at West Virginia University (WVU) are working to develop a vaccine against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the highly treatment-resistant bacteria that are a frequent cause of chronic lung infection and damage in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.