Announcements
WVU School of Dentistry operates new specialty program to treat gum disease
The first general dentists, now residents, will graduate from a new periodontics program in 2020. They focus on gum disease prevention, treatment and implant surgery.
Photo exhibit documenting “unseen” parts of community opens May 31
“Unseen Morgantown” is a photovoice project produced by WVU’s Injury Control Research Center (ICRC) and Milan Puskar Health Right.
WVU Public Health faculty lead efforts in evaluating substance use disorder services
A new effort at West Virginia University will support the state’s campaign to address the opioid crisis. In a contract with the state, WVU School of Public Health faculty will lead efforts to determine if a new Medicaid waiver is successful in reducing deaths and diseases related to substance use.
WVU researcher’s work stresses importance of suicidality in drug-related deaths
While the opioid epidemic is gaining significant media attention, a West Virginia University epidemiologist is working to shed light on another devastating national injury epidemic.
Cancer Institute welcomes 2018 summer undergraduate research fellows
Five undergraduate students have been selected to participate in the Summer Research Fellowship Program this year at the WVU Cancer Institute.
School of Dentistry faculty appointed as international honorary professor
Dr. Peter Ngan, Professor and Chair of the WVU School of Dentistry Orthodontics Department, was appointed Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong.
Internationally known expert joins WVU School of Public Health and Monongalia County Health Department
Public health expert Diane K. Gross, D.V.M., Ph.D., has joined the West Virginia University School of Public Health as an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology.
Wellness Studio to host Weekly Meditations and Mindful Steps Series
Health Sciences and WVU Medicine will offer free guided mindfulness mediation sessions and a six-week mindful workshop for employees, students, faculty and staff.
Role of the Research Coordinator
WVCTSI will continue its four-part Clinical and Translational Research Seminar Series focusing on clinical trials on May 18. For this second installment, Anne Schnatterly, BSN, RN, CCRP, manager of clinical oncology services with the WVU Cancer Institute, will present “Role of the Research Coordinator.”
Call for art created by health professionals at WVU
WVU Art in the Libraries, in collaboration with the WVU Health Sciences Center, is seeking visual artists in the healthcare field working at WVU and WVU Medicine to participate in a group exhibition to take place in the fall of 2018 in the WVU Health Sciences Library.