Announcements
WVU School of Medicine to host 44th annual Hal Wanger Family Medicine Conference
Family physicians, nurses and healthcare providers will have the opportunity to gain hands-on, practical care skills and hear from nations experts during WVU Medicine’s 44th Annual Hal Wanger Family Medicine Conference, Sept. 20 – 21 in Morgantown at the Holiday Inn, Pineview Drive.
Eye Institute offering employee discount for LASIK procedure
The WVU Eye Institute is offering WVU Medicine (UHA and WVUH) employees a discount on LASIK surgery until Oct. 31.
Open house for WVU Medicine Children’s Neurodevelopmental Center set for Thursday
Faculty and staff invited to attend.
Health Sciences event calendar updated
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WVU study on cannabinoid withdrawal featured in Drug and Alcohol Dependence
A paper written by Steven Kinsey, PhD, associate professor of psychology, and David Siderovski, PhD, E.J. Van Liere Medicine Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, on cannabinoid withdrawal in mice was published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
Neuroscience professor’s work published in Nature Communications
Scott Galster, Ph.D., director of human performance for the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, is co-author of “Quantum confined peptide assemblies with tunable visible to near-infrared spectral range” – a new study appearing in Nature Communications.
Physician Assistant Studies seeking part-time medical director
Concurrent with new initiatives within the academic Health Sciences Center and its affiliated health system, university leadership is committed to fulfilling the WVU land grant mission of addressing the healthcare needs of West Virginia citizens. WVU is committed to the education of a health care workforce prepared to address population health needs, including the preparation of Physician Assistants as part of an inter-professional team. The part-time, (0.30 FTE), Medical Director serves as a resource and content expert for the program, and works closely with the program director and other faculty to ensure that didactic instruction and supervised clinical practice experiences are consistent with current practice standards as they relate to the role of the physician assistant in providing patient care. Additionally, the medical director will model team practice in both the clinical and academic setting, and advocate for the program in the medical community.
WVU RUSH (Rural Undergraduate Shadowing in Healthcare) Program 2018
Are you a pre-health student interested in rural medicine? The WVU RUSH (Rural Undergraduate Shadowing in Healthcare) program is a great way to secure a unique introduction to practicing in rural communities. Applications are being accepted now.
New scholars program available to health professions students in West Virginia
WV AHEC Rural Community Health Scholars (RCH Scholars) is a two-year program available to 75 of West Virginia’s top health professions students interested in rural health care. RCH Scholars focuses on interprofessional education through clinical, didactic, and community-based lenses, and emphasizes how each Scholar can create change and reshape the status quo for health care in his or her community.
Ruby goes live with FUJI Synapse cardiology and radiology PACS
In 2016-2017, WVU Medicine approved a multi-million dollar initiative to replace multiple cardiology and radiology imaging archives. The goal was to create a system-wide standard imaging platform for a Cardiovascular Imaging System for invasive cardiology and a Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) to retain traditional and non-traditional images.