Announcements
WVU in the news: West Virginia's medical schools train modern doctors to be master learners
With projected doctor shortages and expanding health-care costs, the United States is looking ever more at the nation’s medical schools to produce the physicians needed.
Faculty receive HSC research awards
Drs Gibson and Marsh recently attended the Pharmaceutical Sciences Departmental meeting to provide several of our faculty with HSC research awards. These were for efforts demonstrated by their individual studies and group research activities. Congratulations to Drs Du, McLaughlin, Hazlehurst, and Lockman!
WVU Medicine and Health Sciences to host holiday celebration for faculty and staff
The annual Holiday Celebration for WVU Medicine and Health Sciences employees will kick off on Thurs., Dec. 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. at The Market, located on the ground floor of the Health Sciences Center. The Market will close at 11:30 a.m. for the celebration.
Public Health professor to lead national honorary organization
During the annual national meeting of the American Public Health Association earlier this month, Keith Zullig, Ph.D., department chair and professor in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, was elected as Chair-Elect for the Delta Omega Honorary Society.
WVU in the News: For Healthy Patients, Train Healthy Doctors
Clay Marsh, M.D., WVU Health Sciences vice president and executive dean discusses the key to preventing burnout in training medical students and healthcare providers. (Image: rosadu / gettyimages)
WVU researcher seeks vaccine to prevent lethal pneumonia
About half of all people with cystic fibrosis, the most common genetic disorder in the United States, die from a lung disease before they turn 40. A form of pneumonia called Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a likely culprit. These bacteria have become so hard to treat that the Centers for Disease Control deemed it a serious threat to the nation.
Alumnus gives $1 million to WVU Department of Neurology for patient support
Michael T. Escue, a native of Point Pleasant, has committed $1 million to West Virginia University to establish the Ronald E. & Jo Ann Reynolds Escue Neurology Endowment named for his parents.
WVU in the News: Blue Zones Project seeks to promote healthy living at WVU
The Blue Zones Project is looking to turn WVU into a hub of health, helping raise the university to their lofty standards.
Three WVU School of Nursing Ph.D. students awarded Jonas Scholarships
Three doctoral students from the West Virginia University School of Nursing have been chosen for the highly competitive Jonas Nurse Leader Scholars Program from the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare.
Stop the Bleed
The Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center, in partnership with the American College of Surgeons, is taking part in the national “Stop the Bleed” initiative. Participants in the programs are being trained to stop bleeding in order to prevent death from hemorrhage.