Announcements
Faculty and staff rewarded for service, curiosity, respect and appreciation
Before ascending into 2018, Dr. Anthony “Tom” Borgia, dean of the WVU School of Dentistry, took a final chance at the school’s January retreat for faculty and staff to commemorate West Virginia University’s 150th anniversary, reflect on our Mountaineer values, and celebrate a few of the School of Dentistry’s strengths – OUR FACULTY AND STAFF.
Cancer Institute to sponsor talk on LGBTQI patient care
WVU Cancer Institute will sponsor a talk on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) patient care on January 9, 2018, from 12 to 1 p.m., in the Fukushima Auditorium. Mandi Pratt-Chapman, MA, associate center director, patient-centered initiatives and health equity for the George Washington Cancer Center, will present What You Should (and Want) to Know About Your LGBTQI Patients. Chapman’s personal mission is to make evidence-based cancer control strategies available to more people as quickly as possible.
Researcher calls West Virginia's drug overdose death rate increase ‘totally unacceptable’
A West Virginia University researcher is calling for expanded treatment and a sustainable statewide naloxone distribution program after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report today (Dec. 21), which highlights the mounting public health crisis surrounding drug overdose deaths. The Mountain State continues to have the highest drug overdose death rate in the nation.
WVU nursing researcher intervenes between patients and loneliness
“Find Yourself First.” “Don’t Be in a Hurry.” “Stay Connected to Friends While You’re Young.” “Treat Loneliness as a Thief in the Night.” These are just some of the insights that participants in the Listen program wrote as news headlines during the final writing activity of the program’s pilot run.
Nationally recognized lifestyle medicine expert named dean at WVU Eastern Campus
Emma M. Morton-Eggleston, MD, will also serve as director of the newly established WVU Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Health.
City seeks volunteers for health and wellness commission
The Morgantown City Council is recruiting health professionals, educators, and people enthusiastic about healthy living to serve on the newly formed Health and Wellness Commission.
Maynor named director of student affairs and academic initiatives
Lena Maynor, PharmD, has been appointed director of student affairs and academic initiatives for the Health Sciences Center at West Virginia University.
NIH funds WVU research to make diabetes and hypertension management a community activity
Managing diabetes and high blood pressure can feel like a solitary enterprise dependent on relationships with objects (like pills or foods) and activities (like brisk walks or early bedtimes) instead of relationships with people, but a group of WVU researchers is hoping to change that.
Free chair massages
Chair Massages, sponsored by QLI Wed Jan 3, 2018 – Thu Jan 4, 2018, 10am-2pm each day HSC North 1173 A (former Campus Safety Office)
School of Medicine’s Division of Exercise Physiology to be under new leadership
Randall W. Bryner, EdD, was recently appointed interim chair for the School of Medicine’s Division of Exercise Physiology. He will oversee the education and undergraduate activities of the program. John M. Hollander, PhD, will serve as interim vice chair with responsibility for research and graduate education, including the PhD program.