Announcements
Weese to meet with Health Sciences and WVU Medicine community
Narvel G. Weese, Jr., WVU’s vice president for administration and finance, will be the special guest at an open forum for Health Sciences and WVU Medicine faculty, staff, and students at noon Thursday, May 11, in the Fukushima Auditorium in the WVU Health Sciences Center.
National Institute on Aging awards WVU nearly $1.4 million to support a stroke research training program
WVU’s Center for Basic and Translational Stroke Research recently received a grant award from the National Institute on Aging for total of $1.4 million over five years.
WVU School of Public Health hosts inaugural Investiture Ceremony
The West Virginia University School of Public Health celebrated the appointment of its first endowed professor Wednesday. Gordon Smith, M.D., M.B., Ch.B., MPH, the Stuart M. and Joyce N. Robbins Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology, was honored by a crowd of friends, family, students, colleagues and community members at the WVU Health Sciences Center.
Cancer researcher is first alum to lead WVU School of Pharmacy
William (Bill) Petros, PharmD, FCCP, has been appointed to the position.
Davis Health System and WVU Medicine celebrate partnership
Special guests E. Gordon Gee, West Virginia University president, and Albert L. Wright Jr., president and CEO of the West Virginia University Health System, attended a kick-off event in Elkins on Wednesday (April 26) celebrating the new partnership with Davis Health System (DHS) for cancer, cardiology, pulmonology, and vascular services.
MEET THE GRADS: First generation college student's fascination with physiology sparks career in physical therapy
It was curiosity and the desire to help others that sparked Kelsie Gillespie’s fascination about the different physiological mechanisms that help people recover. A first generation college student and graduate of James Monroe High School in Lindside, West Virginia, Kelsie chose to earn her bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology with an emphasis in aquatic therapy at West Virginia University.
WVU MD/PhD students won top honors with their business, SwifTag Systems
West Virginia University students will have the opportunity to foster entrepreneurship in the state, after bringing home the top spots in all three categories at the 2017 West Virginia Statewide Collegiate Business Competition on April 21.
WVU student selected to present liver disease research on Capitol Hill
One West Virginia University student’s research on sugary sodas and liver disease will take her to Capitol Hill this week to meet with congressional representatives and advocate for undergraduate research.
MEET THE GRADS: A love of science and medical research inspired a career in medicine
Hurdles and challenges are inevitable on any successful path. To Whitney Sheets, they proved to be strategic in developing her love of science and medicine. Growing up in Ravenswood, West Virginia, the educational resources were not readily available to help Whitney foster an interest in scientific achievement.
MEET THE GRADS: Early injuries lead a talented soccer player to WVU's exercise physiology program
An injury can be a guiding sign in disguise. At least that was the case for Carly Black. A native of Horsham, Pennsylvania, and a senior in West Virginia University’s exercise physiology program, Carly tore both anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) in her knees at a young age. It was then that she recognized a passion for the field of exercise physiology.