Announcements
Henderson to lead discussion with ASPPH workgroup
SPH Director of Assessment Heather Henderson will be participating as a founding member of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Workgroup as part of ASPPH’s Academy of Teaching and Learning.
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.
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.
Public lecture to discuss ways to strengthen and promote WV health
WVU Division of Physical Therapy is hosting Capt. Scott Santibanez, MD, to provide a Visiting Professor Lecture titled, “Strengthening Rural States’ Capacity to Protect and Promote Health.”
SPH undergraduate research interest group to meet Sept. 24
SPH students are invited to the first meeting of the undergraduate research interest group on Monday, September 24 at 4 pm. in the Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Center, Room 201
SPH to host WVU vs Texas Tech Watch Party - RSVP requested
RSVP today for the WVU vs Texas Tech Watch Party hosted by the Office of Academic and Student Affairs.
Doctoral students encouraged to apply for NIOSH pilot project funding
The Johns Hopkins NIOSH Education and Research Center is happy to announce this year the availability of NIOSH-supported funding for pilot projects on occupational safety and health topics.
WVU in the News: Shook discusses possibility of Sobering Center in Morgantown
Daniel Shook, director of Mountain Safe in the WVU Injury Control Research Center, recently spoke with The Daily Athenaeum about the possibility and benefits of a public Sobering Center in Morgantown. Shook works with injury prevention in the Morgantown community as well as throughout the Appalachian region, and he’s helping make the Morgantown Sobering Center a reality.
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.
Constitution Day learning module for HSC students
On Monday, September 17, WVU Health Sciences will commemorate Constitution Day, which celebrates the formation and signing of the US Constitution.