Announcements
Healthy Grandfamilies training supported by Public Health students
Students in the WVU School of Public Health are helping to implement West Virginia State University's Healthy Grandfamilies program in Preston County. The program provides training and support to older citizens raising their grandchildren. Read the story in The Dominion Post.
WVU researchers assess how a vegetarian diet can help prevent or control diabetes
As West Virginia University works toward becoming the world’s first Blue Zones Certified university, a graduate-student researcher in the WVU School of Public Health is exploring how one of the Blue Zone Project’s tenets—eating an abundance of vegetables—can make individuals with diabetes, and those at-risk of developing the condition, healthier.
Scholarships available for tobacco cessation continuing education
More than 20 scholarships are available for health care professionals interested in the School of Dentistry continuing education program on tobacco cessation treatment.
WVU dental school helps give kids a smile
The WVU School of Dentistry Pediatrics Clinic opens 135 appointments for children to receive exams and more than $100 worth of services.
OEHS professor calls on WV legislators to keep health risks in mind
OEHS Clinical Associate Professor Michael McCawley recently penned an op-ed in the Charleston Gazette-Mail calling on WV legislators to remember the proven health risks associated with chemicals discharged in our waterways.
WVU researchers pen op-ed promoting vaccinations
HPML Assistant Professor Lindsay Allen, along with four other WVU researchers, recently published an op-ed in the Charleston Gazette-Mail calling for an end to the vaccine debate in the wake of Senate Bill 454 and the measles outbreak in Washington and Oregon.
School of Dentistry inclement weather announcement Thursday, Jan. 31
WVU has announced that the University will be closed Thursday afternoon.
School of Dentistry Inclement Weather Plan
As a patient care facility, the WVU School of Dentistry clinics at the Health Sciences Center and Suncrest Towne Centre WILL OPERATE AS NORMAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30. All students, residents, faculty, and staff involved in direct patient care should plan to be here as normally scheduled. Tomorrow, THURSDAY, January 31, all School of Dentistry clinics will be closed from 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Our clinics will resume normal operation at 1:00 PM THURSDAY.
WVU researcher investigates a little-studied patient population: pregnant women with eating disorders
Assistant Professor Elizabeth Claydon is looking at how eating disorders may affect women’s experience of — and attitudes toward —pregnancy.
WVU in the News: McCawley testifies on state's water quality standards
Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences professor Michael McCawley recently encouraged state lawmakers to improve water quality standards to better protect human health.