Announcements
School of Medicine alumnus, Jerry Dorsch, remembered
It is with great sadness that we pass on the death announcement of Jerry Dorsch on October 1, 2016. Jerry was a member of the class of 1967 and wife, Susan, the class of 1968. Obituary as listed from Jacksonville Memorial Gardens Funeral Home listed below:
Faculty Development Book Club Session
Join your colleagues for a brown bag lunch book club session on Thursday, January 26, at noon in the Teaching Scholars Program Conference Room, HSS 2256. The session will be moderated by Susan Newfield, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, associate Professor in the School of Nursing.
December 2016 - Faculty Arrivals
RADIATION ONCOLOGY
West Virginia Grand Bash moved to June
Tickets on sale now; hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes available.
WVU medical student hosts panel discussion on human trafficking
Each year, 45.8 million people around the world are enslaved, and 68 percent are subject to forced labor. According to the Walk Free Foundation, over half of victims of slavery are women and girls and nearly one in three victims of slavery is a child.
WVU reminds campus community of winter weather procedures
As a new semester begins at West Virginia University on Jan. 9, it’s time to remind the campus community about how the University responds when severe winter weather arrives.
School of Medicine announces new Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Clay Marsh, M.D., WVU Health Sciences vice president and executive dean, recently announced the formation of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery in the School of Medicine, effective January 1, 2017. Vinay Badhwar, M.D., Gordon F. Murray Professor and executive chair of the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, will serve as the department’s founding chair.
$6 million goes to Marshall and WVU to aid research and rural health
More than six million dollars remaining in a court settlement account has been transferred to West Virginia University and Marshall University. The funds were split equally between the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) at WVU and the Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health at Marshall.
Baugh named director of interprofessional education for health sciences
Gina M. Baugh, Pharm.D., associate professor and director of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences at the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, has been named director of interprofessional education for the WVU Health Sciences Center.
DEA registration renewal process changing
As of January 1, 2017, those with an expired DEA registration will need to fully reapply; the DEA will no longer allow a grace period for expired registrants.