Announcements
WVU Public Health faculty member provides healthcare leadership to global audience
With a global reach of more than 40 countries in one year, a WVU Public Health expert is helping fight childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases through healthcare leadership training.
Volunteers needed for county disaster preparedness drill
Volunteers Needed to Assist with Monongalia County Disaster Preparedness Drill from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.on Wednesday, May 29.
New exhibit by pathology staff creates 3D art exhibit combining beeswax and photography
Honeybees, photography and a blowtorch—that’s all Dana Gray needs to create her art.
WVU researcher studies incurable blood disease usually diagnosed in children
Treating a stubborn blood disease that strikes children may come down to tweaking energy production in stem cells, suggests research out of West Virginia University.
School of Pharmacy 2019 May Commencement recap
The School of Pharmacy held its 2019 May Commencement Ceremony Saturday, May 11, at the WVU Creative Arts Center. Three PhD graduates from the School's Health Services Outcomes and Research (HSOR) program and 70 PharmD graduates participated in the ceremony.
Newest dentists and hygienists ready for practice
You can see a replay of the ceremony and view a photo album from commencement day.
Student in Guo Laboratory Awarded Prestigious Travel Award
Salvi Singh an MS student in Computer Science from the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at WVU who works in the Laboratory of Dr. Lan Guo, as a Research Assistant was awarded the NSF Travel Award for her presentation at the 9th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM BCB 2018). The title of her presentation was: Genet-CNV: Boolean Implication Networks for Modelling Genome-Wide Co-occurrence of DNA Copy Number Variations: Ms. Singh, working with her mentor Lan Guo, Ph.D. uses an algorithm to detect DNA copy number variation networks that may be important for lung cancers. Her current research focuses on identifying genes that may be drivers in lung cancer initiation and metastasis.
WVU in the News: Public health researcher discusses barriers to syringe exchange programs
WVU School Associate Professor Steve Davis recently spoke with WV Public Broadcasting's Roxy Todd about his recent study that reveals the fear of arrest may be preventing some people from using syringe exchanges. Listen to the interview online.
The Health Sciences Campus Farmer's Market returns Wednesday, May 22
Summer semester is here, which means it's time for the annual WVU Medicine/Health Sciences Farmer's Market - starting May 22.