Announcements
WVU Rural Health Day 2018
Registration is now open for the 3rd annual WVU Rural Health Day on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at the WVU Health Sciences Center in Morgantown. The purpose of WVU Rural Health Day is to give pre-health students interested in rural medicine the opportunity to hear about and participate in activities that will enhance, impassion, and provide support in the sometimes daunting path to applying to medical school.
WVU’s Interprofessional Education Week theme is “WHY”
The Office of Interprofessional Education has organized an exceptional group of speakers that will take on the theme of wellness, health and you (WHY) during the 2018 Interprofessional Education (IPE) week. A series of events and poster presentations are scheduled for March 19 - 23 at the Health Sciences Center, and all faculty, staff and students are invited to attend.
Gold Humanism Week at WVU Health Sciences kicks off Feb.12
The Gold Humanism Honor Society is organizing an outstanding group of speakers for the annual Gold Humanism Week lecture series beginning Monday, Feb. 12. Topics include hospitality, empathy and gratitude in medicine, creative writing and pain addiction.
Newly established Mountaineer Medical Scholarship to partially fund medical education
A $20,000 scholarship has been established to support a medical student at the West Virginia University School of Medicine.
2018 MD White Coat Ceremony details for faculty
Faculty who are participating in the School of Medicine M.D. White Coat Ceremony on Saturday, March 17 should keep in mind the following event details:
Study of brain pacemakers aimed at slowing decline of Alzheimer’s
A study published this week (Jan. 30) in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease found that a brain pacemaker may slow the progression of the disease.
WVU report links fentanyl use to amnesia
A case report by a West Virginia University neuropsychologist suggests a new reason fentanyl—alone, or in combination with stimulants—may put substance users at risk, whether they take it knowingly or not. It may cause amnesia.
WVU research examines a different culprit behind Alzheimer's disease
What if one of the prime suspects behind Alzheimer’s disease was a case of mistaken identity?
WVCTSI streamlines service delivery and tracking with iLab service request tool
The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute has launched an innovative new service request tool; the iLab Core Management System. This new tool will allow WVCTSI members to access services faster while facilitating more effective and efficient service delivery and tracking.
Tickets available for pancake breakfast to benefit WVU Cancer Center Comfort Fund
Tickets are available for the February 10 pancake breakfast at Applebee’s in Morgantown that will benefit the Comfort Fund at the WVU Cancer Institute Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center (MBRCC). Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children (age 10 and younger). Call 304-598-4549 or 304-598-4978. You may also purchase tickets at the door. The breakfast is scheduled from 8 to 10 a.m., and in addition to pancakes includes bacon, breakfast potatoes and a beverage. Monti Bear and some of the WVU cheerleaders will be there.