Announcements
WV-INBRE program brings faculty and student researchers across the state to WVU and Marshall for research experience
West Virginia University and Marshall University received a grant for approximately $16 million dollars in 2014 to be distributed over the course of five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE).
Change comes from within
West Virginia University's responsibility as the state’s Land Grant University is to use the power of knowledge and human connection to lift up people everywhere in our state. But as they say on airplanes, in an emergency you should put on your own oxygen mask first, before you attempt to help others. You can’t be much help if you gasping for air. That’s why WVU's vice president for health sciences has asked a group of leaders from across WVU Medicine and the Health Sciences Center – and outside our campus – to join the new Quality of Life Initiative.
DHHR develops plan to transform West Virginia’s health care system with support from WVU
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and the WVU School of Public Health today released a major plan to improve the state’s health care system.
Internal Study Section: The A0 Review Panel
The Investigator “Intent for Pre-Review” (PI name, grant title and specific aims) for the next A0 Internal Study Section review is due to Valerie Lemasters (vlemasters@hsc.wvu.edu) next Monday, August 1 by close of business.
Community Health Programs and Research Study Opportunities
Program ACTIVE - Appalachians Coming Together to Increase Vital Exercise
Kristina Marinak recently elected to represent Early Career Ambassadors
Kristina Marinak, a graduate student in the lab of Dr. Elena Pugacheva, has been elected to represent the Early Career Ambassadors (ECAM) of the Metastasis Research Society (MRS), by serving on their Early Career Leadership Council (ECLC). As an elected member of the ECLC, she will work with the ECLC Chair and the MRS board of directors, to develop and implement ECAM-sponsored activities that advance the mission of the society as they work towards enhancing the quality and longevity of the lives of patients with metastatic cancer. The ECLC supports the MRS’s mission to: understand the process of metastasis at the cellular, molecular and biochemical levels; identify and evaluate therapeutics for their ability to control or reduce metastases in preclinical models; and work with clinical colleagues to design and implement clinical trials to translate findings to the clinic. This 4-year term will begin this year in September at the 16th Biennial MRS Congress in Chengdu, China, where she will be presenting her research as a poster presentation. Kristina is currently researching the role of nuclear Aurora-A Kinase in promoting triple negative breast cancer metastasis. Kristina is also a member of WVU's Graduate Student Organization. Congratulations Kristina!
West Virginia University-International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (WVU-ISPOR) student chapter presents Distinguished Speaker Series
West Virginia University-International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (WVU-ISPOR) student chapter presents information on the July Speaker series.
WVU researcher brings national attention to teenagers and workplace injury
Dr. Kimberly Rauscher, an associate professor in the WVU School of Public Health, is featured on the “Public Health Minute with William Latimer,” airing this month on select NPR stations around the country.
What puts the waddle in the walk of moms-to-be?
Jean McCrory, Ph.D.'s, research was recently featured in a NPR story about how pregnancy changes the way women walk. Dr. McCrory studies gait and balance in pregnant women.
ICRC Researcher on "Public Health Minute"
Dr. Kimberly Rauscher spoke on the radio segment "Public Health Minute". She discussed her research on prevention of work injuries among youth. "Public Health Minute" is sponsored by the Lehman College school of Health Sciences, Human Services & Nursing and The City University of New York. To access the recording click here: http://bit.ly/29kBky4