Announcements
MEET THE GRADS: Small town West Virginia student's passion leads to medicine
Darrin Nichols was meant to be a doctor. With a penchant for community service and a passion for human anatomy and biology, he found in medicine the career path that perfectly complements his interests and future aspirations.
2017 Research Day at the WVU/CAMC Charleston Campus winners announced
Research Day at the WVU/CAMC campus in Charleston on Thursday, April 18 featured oral and poster presentations by residents, medical students, nursing students and other healthcare students from research that has been conducted on a WVU/CAMC Charleston Division campus.
Don't miss Saturday's WVU Medicine Children’s Kids Fair
The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Morgantown Mall.
WVU’s Linda S. Nield, M.D. named Pediatrician of the Year
Linda S. Nield, M.D., assistant dean for admissions and professor of medical education and pediatrics at West Virginia University’s School of Medicine has been named “Pediatrician of the Year” by the West Virginia chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
National healthcare expert to deliver Jenab lecture, nursing students to be honored
Dr. Michael Bleich, a nationally and internationally recognized healthcare expert, will present “Nursing Leadership: A Call to Action” at the West Virginia University School of Nursing’s 2017 Lorita D. Jenab Lectureship. The event will be held on Thursday, April 27, in Okey Patteson Auditorium at the Health Sciences Center beginning at 6 p.m.
Last chance to tell your health story
Renee Nicholson of the Eberly College of Arts & Sciences and Nancy Andrews of the Reed College of Media will return to the Health Sciences Center April 19 for the last health storytelling workshop of the academic year. The session will be from 12 noon-1 p.m. in Room 3022 Health Sciences North.
WVU Heart and Vascular team invite public to Evening of Science on April 17
The university community will have an opportunity to learn about innovations in cardiovascular therapies and imaging at WVU's Heart and Vascular Institute during an “Evening of Science” from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Mon., April 17 at the WVU Media Innovation Center in Evansdale Crossing, Morgantown.
WVU recognizes Health Sciences staff and faculty
West Virginia University honored 13 individuals and two teams at the Health Sciences Center for outstanding achievement on Wednesday, April 12 at 4 p.m. in the Pylons Lobby.
WVU Health Sciences Center Library hosts 'Imagining the West Side' Exhibit
West Virginia continuously falls at or near the bottom of national statistics when it comes to the social determinants of health including employment, poverty, education, and healthy food access…but why is that? Dr. Lauri Andress, assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Leadership in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, is exploring this question through her research on low wealth communities, community and economic development, and nontraditional ‘ policy analysis tools.’
School of Public Health faculty member appointed to committee on coal dust exposure
Dr. Michael McCawley, Interim Chair of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health, has been appointed to a committee for the National Academies of Sciences on the Study of the Control of Respirable Coal Mine Dust Exposure in Underground Mines.