Announcements
Delta Omega LGBTQ+ and Inclusive Language Virtual Training
This online course through Delta Omega Gamma Mu Honorary Society provides an opportunity for participants to familiarize themselves with current terms and practice using language appropriately to contribute to improving health equity for the LGBTQ+ population, which faces disproportionate health risks. The training will be open until Jan. 31. Sign up on iServe.
Blood drives planned for Jan. and Feb. at Ruby Memorial Hospital
An American Red Cross blood drive will be hosted Thursday, Jan. 26, from 12-5 p.m. and Wednesday, Feb. 1, from 12-6 p.m. at the WVU Medicine J. W. Ruby Memorial Hospital Bruce McClymonds Conference Room for faculty, staff and students.
Application deadline approaching for AGE-ADAR Scholars Program
The Appalachian Gerontology Experiences: Advancing Diversity in Aging Research Scholars Program reminds faculty and students that the application deadline for the 2023 AGE-ADAR summer research program is Jan. 15.
Many WVU services will be briefly inaccessible Sunday morning
Faculty, staff and students on all campuses will be unable to log into many important services requiring WVU Login credentials from 8-8:30 a.m. Sunday (Jan. 15) during an important security update to the single sign-on system.
WVU emergency alert procedures detailed
As we begin another semester at WVU, our campus community is reminded that we utilize the WVU Alert system to inform our community about emergencies and other incidents on or near campus.
Meeting people where they are: Nurse works in rural communities making connections to improve health
Thanks in part to her nursing and public health background, Stephanie Lusk works in southern West Virginia with WVU Extension to make connections in rural communities to help improve health.
Van Liere Research Conference scheduled for Jan. 25-26
The Van Liere Research Conference will be held Jan. 25 and 26 at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center.
WVU offering certificate for instructors interested in teaching with simulation
Designed for instructors with an interest in quality teaching with simulation, the West Virginia University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education is offering a simulation certificate program in collaboration with the David and Jo Ann Shaw Center for Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety (STEPS).
WVU in the News: Headbangin’ to Harm Reduction
West Virginia University School of Public Health associate professor Steve Davis has found that solving social problems in such an evidence-based way has a lot in common with the music of Metallica, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden.
WVU in the News: Six ways to build lasting healthy habits
Bethany Barone Gibbs, chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, was featured as an expert in an article on ways to establish lasting healthy habits in the new year.