Announcements
Program celebrates 25th anniversary
The WVU School of Pharmacy celebrated the Silver Jubilee of the Ph.D. program in Health Outcomes Research Oct. 24-25. Program alumni and current students were invited to a weekend event that included a celebration dinner, career panel discussion and a student research poster presentation judged by alumni.
WVU to recognize veterans with 'Honoring our Heroes' breakfast
WVU is honoring student, faculty and community veterans during its annual Veterans Appreciation Breakfast from 8-9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, at Erickson Alumni Center.
Parking and building access limited Nov. 20 for Thursday night football
WVU’s home football game against Kansas State at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, will disrupt normal parking and driving patterns for WVU Healthcare and Health Sciences Center employees.
Beneficial Partnership
For the past 15 years, students from Kuwait like Lamya Ismail have been coming to the WVU School of Dentistry to learn skills necessary to care for patients in their native country.
Healthy and Self-Sufficient
Twice a month, visitors known as the MUSHROOM Team roam the halls of the Bartlett House Transitional Facility on West Run Road in Morgantown. The team of WVU health sciences students and professors offers preventive healthcare to residents who were once homeless. Knocking on doors, the team discovers a new story and a bonding experience in each apartment.
Q & A with Gregory A. Hand
Gregory A. Hand, PhD, MPH, is the WVU School of Public Health’s first permanent leader.
HSC Facilities Management fall projects underway
The Health Sciences Center's Facilities Management Department provided an update on several fall projects.
WVU Board of Governors approves new biostatistics degree
During its meeting Friday, the WVU Board of Governors approved a Master of Science degree in biostatistics in the School of Public Health.
Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry Grand Rounds to feature Stuart Yudofsky
Stuart Yudofsky, M.D., will present "Overweight and Obesity: Stuck in My Body" from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, in Okey Patteson Auditorium, as part of the WVU Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry Grand Rounds. The event is being held in conjunction with the 2014 David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas and the Tanner Lecture, which will occur at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the Mountainlair. Both presentations are free and open to the public.
School of Medicine names Dr. Judie Charlton inaugural chair for glaucoma outreach
Judie F. Charlton, M.D., professor of ophthalmology in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, has been named recipient of the Judie F. Charlton Chair for Glaucoma Outreach.