Announcements
Upcoming training: Cultural Awareness Webinar Series
The Cultural Awareness Webinar Series focuses on key topics to enhance the cultural awareness of the public health workforce as a whole. Please join the Mid Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center for one webinar or, for a comprehensive understanding of cultural awareness, all four in the series.
"Floating" holidays hours must be used by June 30
Reminder! You have until June 30, 2018, to use your remaining floating holiday hours. If they are not used by June 30, the hours will be forfeited and removed from the leave system.
WVU researcher receives NIH grant to explore effects of fracking on cardiovascular health
Building and operating a hydraulic fracturing well site can emit airborne particles in multiple ways. But scientists still don’t fully understand how these particles impact human health. Travis Knuckles, assistant professor in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, has received $450,000 from the National Institutes of Health to investigate these questions.
Students needed for simulation HIV project
The West Virginia Regional Partner of the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center (MA AETC) is offering the opportunity to provide students with the experience of interviewing an HIV positive Standardized Patient during the Fall 2018 semester on an individual basis as well as in an interprofessional group.
WVU to establish first Public Health Residency program in Appalachia
To help combat the region’s ongoing health issues, the WVU School of Public Health is developing a new residency program focused on public health, the first of its kind in Appalachia.
WVU Cancer Institute researcher developing genetic test for lung cancer treatment
Research underway at the West Virginia University Cancer Institute may help to improve the outcomes of lung cancer patients and better guide the physicians who treat them.
Photo exhibit documenting “unseen” parts of community opens May 31
“Unseen Morgantown” is a photovoice project produced by WVU’s Injury Control Research Center (ICRC) and Milan Puskar Health Right.
WVU Public Health faculty lead efforts in evaluating substance use disorder services
A new effort at West Virginia University will support the state’s campaign to address the opioid crisis. In a contract with the state, WVU School of Public Health faculty will lead efforts to determine if a new Medicaid waiver is successful in reducing deaths and diseases related to substance use.
WVU researcher’s work stresses importance of suicidality in drug-related deaths
While the opioid epidemic is gaining significant media attention, a West Virginia University epidemiologist is working to shed light on another devastating national injury epidemic.
RSVP for Congressman McKinley's Opioid Grant Workshop
Join Congressman David McKinley and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA) next Wednesday, May 30, for a workshop discussing federal grant opportunities to address the opioid crisis.