Announcements
Students seek participants for medical mentoring survey
Students at the University of South Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine are seeking participants for a research survey to determine the role mentoring plays in medical education.
Registration for Appalachian addiction conference now open
The West Virginia Medical Professions Health Program (WVMPHP) will host the 2018 Appalachian Addiction & Prescription Drug Abuse Conference October 18–20 at the Embassy Suites in Charleston, W.Va.
WVU part of national flu vaccine competition
West Virginia University is participating in the Alana Yaksich National University Flu Vaccination Challenge, a competition between colleges and universities to see who can get the most people to receive the flu vaccine.
WVU Medicine announces plans to offer heart transplants; photo gallery from press conference available
WVU Medicine announced today (Sept. 19) its plans to start West Virginia’s first heart transplant program at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute.
Pediatric Surgeon “Dr. Gus” named 2018 School of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus
For 35 years, Robert Gustafson, M.D.—or Dr. Gus, as he’s known to the thousands of children he’s helped throughout the world—has served his alma mater as professor, emeritus surgeon-in-chief and chief of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at West Virginia University.
Faculty and staff: Encourage HSC student veterans to participate in campus survey
To help us learn more about student veteran's experiences and how to better support them, the President’s Action Group for Veterans is asking all student veterans to participate in a brief survey.
WVU in the news: Simulations help WVU students learn how to save lives
MORGANTOWN — Students at WVU’s Health Sciences Campus saved a mannequin’s life Sept. 18 in preparation to save a real life one day.
Free health screenings available at WVU’s Healthy Living Fair in Fairmont on Sept. 20
Flu shots, Hemoglobin A1C tests and free health care screenings will be available at West Virginia University’s Healthy Living Fair in Fairmont on Sept. 20 at the Knights of Columbus from 10 a.m.– 2 p.m.
Health Sciences to celebrate LGBTQ+ advocacy, inclusion week October 8–12
SHAPE—the Student Healthcare Alliance for Promoting Equality—along with the West Virginia University Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, the Division of Internal Medicine and the LGBTQ+ Center will be hosting a week-long series of lectures focusing on LGBTQ+ health at the Health Sciences Center.
Orthopaedics receives grant to help better understand post-surgery infections
A new, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health could help researchers discover improved biomarkers and fluorescent dyes to assess and treat infected knee replacements.