Announcements
Health in West Virginia: The Next 150 Years
West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee will join Health Sciences Vice President and Executive Dean Clay Marsh, M.D., and WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals President and CEO Albert L. Wright Jr., at a Health Sciences Town Hall on Wed., March 28 at noon in Okey Patteson Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
School of Medicine faculty publish resident wellbeing research in national journal
Resident physician wellness and prevention of burnout has become an area of concern and considerable research. In 2015, an estimated 29 percent of physicians in training showed signs of depression or depressive symptoms. An increased rate of suicide for physicians in practice, compared with the general population, was also detected.
Showcase your innovation, design or idea for a new venture
WVU’s Demo Day is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff from across WVU’s IDEA Ecosystem to demonstrate their work in innovation, entrepreneurship and design. Register online through March 21.
Campus, clinical maps available through WVU Medicine branding site
A new resource on CONNECT has been established to give WVU Medicine leaders and employees quick and easy access to the most up-to-date campus and clinic maps. Access this link: http://connect.wvuhealthcare.com/branding-toolbox/maps-logos-powerpoint-templates/maps/ to print the maps for patients and other visitors.
Zuan-Fu Lim wins young investigator award for his cancer research
Zuan-Fu Lim, a cancer cell biology graduate student in Patrick Ma’s lab at the WVU Cancer Institute, has received an American Association of Immunologists Young Investigator Award for his first place oral presentation at the 21st annual meeting of the Translational Research Cancer Centers Consortium at Seven Springs, PA.
Cancer Institute Director Rich Goldberg featured in People Magazine article on colorectal cancer
Cancer Institute Director Rich Goldberg, MD, is featured in the new issue of People Magazine in an article on the Jonas Brothers’ father, Kevin Sr., and his battle with colon cancer.
Applications open for 2018 Interdisciplinary Research Leaders program - Due March 14
Interdisciplinary Research Leaders, a national leadership development program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is accepting applications for research teams until March 14.
2018 Thomas H. Covey, Jr., MD, Visiting Professor Lectureship
March 28, 2018, beginning at 8:00 a.m. at the WVU Health Sciences Pathology Amphitheater, room 2118.
Save the date: Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center Night of Recognition
Save the date for the ninth annual Night of Recognition, which will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place.
WVU fellow receives first Post-Doctoral Association research grant
Career development for biomedical postdoctoral researchers at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center is a priority to further the research mission of better health. In support of this, the Office of Research and Graduate Education provides internal grant opportunities for postdoctoral investigators who want to significantly advance their research capacity and propel their development and advancement within the research community.