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Cancer Institute’s Cancer Prevention and Control wins first place ribbons

Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) program staff won two first place ribbons at the 2017 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Cancer Conference in Atlanta this August. They were invited to present three posters for the overall National conference and an oral presentation for the CDC Colorectal Cancer Control Program Meeting. Two posters, noted below, won first place ribbons.

Resident and fellow job fair to be held on Sept. 28

WVU Medicine will hold a Resident and Fellow Job Fair on Thursday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. in the third floor atrium of J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital atrium and from 4-5 p.m. at WVU Medicine University Town Centre's first floor conference room.

Who feels most comfortable asking doctors to wash their hands? Parents

To keep from spreading illness among their patients, the best action healthcare providers can take is to wash their hands. Dr. Allison Lastinger, a fellow at WVU, recently studied how adult patients and the parents of pediatric patients can be more comfortable asking their doctors and nurses to wash their hands.

“Doctors on Call” show to focus on the head

Heads up! The next “Doctors on Call” explores health topics related to the head, such as epilepsy, dementia, headaches, sinus allergies, and more. The live television show airs at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 24, on West Virginia Public Broadcasting. 

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and the WVU School of Public Health to host events focused on vulnerable adults

Next month, the WVU School of Public Health and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) will co-host a series of events focusing on aging, elder abuse and public health policy. Two separate lectures will feature Dr. Pamela B. Teaster, Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, followed by OLLI’s annual fall open house event.

Rockefeller, Burwell to keynote WVU Children’s Health Policy Summit

As children’s access to quality and accessible health care is in uncertain times, West Virginia University’s John D. Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics is partnering with WVU Health Sciences and WVU Libraries to host a Children’s Health Policy Summit: Understanding the People, Place and Policy Behind Health Care. The summit is scheduled for Sept. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at the Erickson Alumni Center.