Announcements
Pharmacy researcher leads the future of experimental therapeutics at WVU
Researchers across campus are taking a One WVU approach to solving important problems and saving lives. At its core, an experimental therapeutics platform that integrates multiple disciplines from chemistry and biology to the health sciences and cancer institute.
Registration open for inaugural WVU Heart and Vascular Institute conference
The event, "Advances in Cardiovascular Medicine," will take place Dec. 1-2.
WVU Surgical Oncology Research Recognized at American Pancreatic Association Meeting
Dr. Brian Boone, WVU Assistant Professor in Surgical Oncology received a Young Investigator Award at the recent American Pancreatic Association meeting in Miami, Florida. He presented his lab’s work on PAD4 mediated neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in acute pancreatitis and was recognized with a Poster of Distinction, an honor limited to a small number of abstract submissions.
WVU Cancer Institute surgeons perform robotic Whipple
Surgeons at the WVU Cancer Institute performed the state’s first robotic Whipple procedure on Oct. 17. This procedure is used to treat pancreatic cancer and other tumors and disorders of the pancreas, intestine, and bile duct.
WVU Cancer Institute debuts treatment for liver metastases
A team of surgical oncologists from the WVU Cancer Institute, including Wallis Marsh, MD, Carl Schmidt, MD, and Brian Boone, MD, have performed the state’s first isolated hepatic perfusion, an operation that delivers chemotherapy directly to the liver to treat metastases that cannot be surgically removed.
Advances in Cardiovascular Medicine Conference
The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute is proud to host the inaugural:
WVU in the news: MAC, WVU to partner for mental health with ‘Next to Normal’
During its upcoming production of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Next to Normal,” the Monongalia Arts Center (MAC) will make behavioral health outreach and support services available to residents and attendees, to be provided by professionals from WVU Medicine/Chestnut Ridge Center/WVU Department of Behavioral Health.
WVU researchers investigate how hospital lighting may hinder patient recovery
Now that Daylight Saving Time has ended, cyclists are attaching lights to their helmets, and dog walkers are storing flashlights next to their leashes. But one place that won’t get darker with the time change is the hospital. New research out of West Virginia University illuminates how the round-the-clock brightness of hospital rooms may stymie some patients’ recovery.
Epic upgrade webinars for providers available starting Nov. 8
Epic will be upgraded to version 2018 on Saturday, Dec. 8.
Latest 'Scientific American' includes Rezai article
The article, titled "Battling Alzheimer's through Better Access to the Brain," discusses magnetic resonance–guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), a technology-based therapy first tried at WVU in October.