Announcements
Campo to discuss suicide prevention at Festival of Ideas series
This season’s Festival of Ideas at WVU kicks off on Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. at the Health Sciences Center's Okey Patteson auditorium. Dr. John Campo will present "Suicide Prevention Across the Lifespan and the Rural-Urban Continuum."
Nancy Sanders memorial student and faculty travel and research abroad grants open to submissions
In honor of the legacy of long-time staff member in WVU’s Global Health Program, the Global Engagement Office (GEO) at Health Sciences is pleased to announce that the application period for the Nancy Sanders Memorial Student Travel Grant and the Nancy Sanders Memorial Faculty Research Abroad Grant is now open.
WVU Researcher Awarded Collaborative R01 Grant to focus on the importance of iron during infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
When they cause infections, bacteria often need to steal nutrients from their host to survive. For example, they must acquire iron to help them with growth, metabolism, respiration and virulence.
WVU researcher works to improve access to depression care in rural areas
WVU researcher Robert Bossarte has received a $13.3-million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to compare three treatment strategies for rural depressed patients: antidepressants alone; antidepressants combined with unguided cognitive behavior therapy provided online; and antidepressants combined with guided online cognitive behavior therapy.
Apply now for health development program in Cape Town, South Africa
One Heart Source is currently accepting applications for our 2019 Service Learning Programs. Choose from 2 and 4 week Health Development programs in Cape Town, South Africa.
WVU Public Health students named Milken Institute Future Health Leaders
Three WVU Public Health students have joined have joined nine others from top institutions to work with leading organizations on current public health issues affecting our communities.
Gillison to present Annual DeLynn Lecture
The WVU Cancer Institute will hold its Annual DeLynn Lecture with Maura L. Gillison, MD, PhD, who will lecture on HPV and the Host Genome, at 4 pm on Tuesday, Sept. 4, in the WVU Health Sciences Center's Fukushima Auditorium (room 1901). A Q&A session will follow the lecture. The event is free and open to the public. For those who cannot attend, the event also will be webcast.
Immigration information session to be held at the Health Sciences Campus
The Office of Global Affairs will hold an immigration information session on at the WVU Health Sciences Center on Wed., Sept. 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. in Room 1905 Health Sciences North.
WVU in the News: Epidemiologist's study shows U.S. deaths from suicide, drugs surpass diabetes
Dr. Ian Rockett's new study recently published by Injury Prevention has been gaining media attention across the country. Rockett's report reveals that more Americans are now dying from suicide and drug overdoses combined than from diabetes.
Neuroscience researchers examine changes in the brain as a result of learning
A recent study co-authored by Bernard Schreurs, Ph.D., professor at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, and his colleagues studied the changes in the properties of neurons and membranes as a response to learning.