Announcements
SPH Biostatistics Monthly Seminar Series welcomes Jacek Urbanek - Nov. 7
Jacek K. Urbanek, PhD, from John Hopkins University will present “Objective Quantification of Human Activity in Large Health Studies Using Wearable Accelerometers” on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018 at 11am – noon in Room 1070 of the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute building.
Kandzari Fund Sponsored Lecture:"Interprofessional lecture Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Outcomes and Effectiveness Research”
The WVU School of Nursing announces its Kandzari Fund Sponsored Lecture on November 8 featuring Ivo Abraham, PhD, RN, from the University of Arizona. Abraham is a a nurse by profession and an outcomes and effectiveness researcher by trade, a professor of pharmacy and medicine, and affiliated with the Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research, the Arizona Cancer Center, and the Center for Applied Genomics and Genetic Medicine.
Learn about becoming a Blue Zone University at WVU Town Hall
Learn how becoming the first certified Blue Zones University in the world can inspire healthy transformation, economic vitality and higher well-being. Join us for a university-wide Town Hall at the WVU Health Sciences Center on Thur., Nov. 8 at noon. If you can’t join us, you can watch the event live at https://www.hsc.wvu.edu/live-feed.
RNI researchers contribute to creation of biomedical marker test for Alzheimer’s
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Device designation to DISCERN, a biomarker test for Alzheimer’s. The test was developed using blood and tissue samples that were monitored and evaluated by WVU’s Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute.
WVCTSI names 5 new Research Scholars
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Five clinical and translational scientists have been named Research Scholars by the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI). These five investigators from the West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine include: Amelia Adcock, M.D., Cassie Brode, Ph.D., Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi, Ph.D., James Mahoney III, Ph.D., and Rashi Mehta, M.D.
WVU faculty awarded CDC grant to help southern West Virginia communities build healthy futures
Faculty from WVU Extension Service, WVU College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, and WVU School of Public Health and West Virginia Prevention Research Center received a five-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help in Clay and McDowell counties reduce obesity and other chronic diseases related to long-term unhealthy lifestyles.
Protecting coal miners from black lung disease
In a report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, WVU School of Public Health researcher Michael McCawley and his colleagues pinpoint shortcomings in how miners’ exposure to respirable coal-mine dust is monitored. Inhaling this dust over time leads to black lung disease.
WVU, partners announce regional hub to train entrepreneurs, commercialize healthcare technology
Hoping to speed up the move from idea to application, West Virginia University and 23 other regional institutions have come together to create a “virtual hub” that will ultimately help speed the commercialization of groundbreaking university research.
Community-based research town hall
WVCTSI and the WVU Mountaineer Health Initiative are co-sponsoring a town hall meeting to highlight research taking place across the state. “Conversation and Collaboration: WVU Community-Based Researchers and Outreach Staff Making a Difference,” offers attendees the chance to learn about the range of community engaged research and outreach across the state, meet colleagues engaged in similar work, identify common issues, and ascertain better ways to support each other in the field.
Public Health faculty to provide evaluation expertise for new Family Engagement Center
Three West Virginia University School of Public Health faculty members will be part of a $4.8 million Department of Education grant to develop a new West Virginia Family Engagement Center. Associate Professor Alfgeir Kristjansson, Ph.D., and adjunct faculty members Megan Smith and Michael Mann – formerly full-time faculty in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences – will serve as external evaluators for the project.