Announcements
WVCTSI engaging communities across West Virginia through Ambassadors for Community Health Research Program
To ensure research is making the biggest impact possible across the Mountain State, the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) is recruiting its second cohort of the Ambassadors for Community Health Research Program, a program focused on increasing rural community involvement in research.
NEI grant will support undergraduate research at WVU as faculty researchers and students partner to explore relationship between vision and the brain
Since launching his lab in 2019, West Virginia University Department of Biology assistant professor Eric Horstick, Ph.D., has emphasized the importance of student participation in research at the undergraduate level by providing students with opportunities to work directly on major research projects.
American Journal of Industrial Medicine publishes article by WVU School of Dentistry faculty member
West Virginia University School of Dentistry Associate Dean for Clinical Education and Patient Care Tammy Chipps, DDS, MA, co-authored a recently published research article in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
WVU shatters research expenditures record for second consecutive year
For fiscal year 2024, West Virginia University crushed its record in externally supported research expenditures with $275 million — an 82% increase from five years ago.
WVU in the News: New upright scanner tracks brain function while you walk
HealthDay features work on an upright neuroimaging device developed by WVU neuroscientists, physicists and engineers that allows patients to move around while undergoing a brain scan.
Walking the walk, WVU develops motion compatible brain scanner
An upright neuroimaging device developed by West Virginia University neuroscientists, physicists and engineers that allows patients to move around while undergoing a brain scan could help set priorities for the evolution of imaging tools.
Internal Medicine resident’s passion for advancing the field brings her to WVU from Kuwait
As the West Virginia University School of Medicine’s newest class of the Graduate Medical Education program begins training, among them is the first resident sponsored by the government of Kuwait.
WVU nurse anesthetist grad monitoring acute kidney injury patients’ medications
Now as a graduate of the second cohort of the WVU School of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse Anesthetist program, Chris Justice has more than academic and clinical experience. In leading a team of researchers, he gained increased knowledge in caring for patients with acute kidney injury.
Seven investigators selected for WVCTSI Research Scholar Program
The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) has named seven faculty for the 2024-2026 Research Scholar Program.
WVU scientists taking a close look at what causes immune cells to attack the central nervous system
A West Virginia University immunologist is exploring how the interaction between two types of immune cells within the central nervous system covering causes multiple sclerosis to develop. The findings could provide a pathway to new strategies for treating the disease and other neurological disorders.