Announcements
WVU Health Sciences to host nationally recognized speakers for Global Health Week
Global health experts from around the nation will take on important issues during the West Virginia University School of Medicine's 2016 Global Health Week.
Stephenie Kennedy named associate director of health disparities program
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Stephenie Kennedy, Ed.D., associate director for cancer prevention and control with the West Virginia University Cancer Institute and research assistant professor with the WVU School of Medicine, has been named associate director of the health disparities program at WVU.
Nationally recognized pediatrician to present at Medicine Grand Rounds
Surenda Varma, M.D., vice chair, Pediatrics and distinguished professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, will present "Thank God There is a Hole in Donut -- Current Initiatives in Childhood Obesity" as part of the Charaka Lectureship. The lecture will begin at 8 a.m., Friday, Oct. 28 in Fukushima Auditorium, located on the first floor of the WVU Health Sciences Center.
Startup invites health professionals and public to opening Oct. 4
President E. Gordon Gee will officially welcome healthcare startup Good Measures to the WVU Health Sciences Innovation Center, at an open house from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 4. The Boston-based company established an office earlier this year WVU, located in the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Center building on the Health Sciences campus.
ARTHRITIS: A Matter of Joint Interest
WVU arthritis experts Drs. John Barnett, Lisa Robinson and Colleen Watkins invite you to join them for a discussion on the most recent research and treatment options for Rheumatoid Arthritis, from the bench to the bedside.
WVU Pharmacy student writes song to benefit disaster relief efforts
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — You never know from where a source of inspiration might come.
AAMC offering Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar
The Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar is an engaging and comprehensive program designed for women physicians and scientists who are at the associate professor level* and hold leadership positions within their discipline, and who are considering advancing their leadership positions within their discipline, department, or institution. *Assistant and Full Professors will be considered based on experience.
School of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus to present Medicine Grand Rounds
The 2016 School of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus, Michael B. Edmond, M.D., M.P.H, M.P.A., will present "Hand Hygiene: Thinking Outide the Box" on Friday, September 30 at 8 a.m. in WVU Health Sciences' Fukushima Auditorium.
School of Medicine names 2016 Distinguished Alumnus
The West Virginia University School of Medicine named Michael B. Edmond, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.A. as the 2016 Distinguished Alumnus.
Griffith named WVU Medicine vice president of cancer services
Niesha L. Griffith, a graduate of the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, has returned to her alma mater as vice president of cancer services for WVU Medicine. She began her new role Sept. 13.