Announcements
Intelligence Community Research Opportunities Now Available for Postdoc and Faculty Teams
ORAU is now accepting proposals for the Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program. Recent Ph.D. graduates or Ph.D. students who will soon complete their degrees are invited to collaborate with full-time faculty or staff members from accredited colleges, universities, and U.S. Government laboratories who will serve as the Postdoc’s local Research Advisor. In partnership with the Research Advisor, the Postdoc composes and submits a technical proposal that responds to one of the research opportunities identified at http://orau.org/icpostdoc/current-opportunities.aspx.
Exercise Physiology student presents research at Posters on the Hill event in Washington, D.C
Ashlee Seldomridge and her research advisor, Paul Chantler, Ph.D., assistant professor in the WVU School of Medicine’s Department of Exercise Physiology and the clinical research director for the Center for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, have earned the honor of participating in the 20th annual Posters on the Hill event, a selective poster session sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), based in Washington, D.C.
WVU medical school graduates selected for residency training
West Virginia University School of Medicine’s class of 2016 learned where they will continue training at the Match Day celebration Friday, March 18, on all three medical school campus locations in Morgantown, Charleston and Martinsburg.
Preliminary Winners from the 3 Minute Thesis move on
Congratulations Danielle, Breanne and Kimberly!
Download the new "LiveSafe" app
WVU is encouraging faculty, students and staff to download the new "LiveSafe" app rolled out by WVU police.
Biomedical Graduate students win travel grant to national meetings
WVU Biomedical Graduate students Aaron Snoberger and Andrew Nickerson each recently won travel grants to attend the Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego, CA.
WVU medical residents present research at national competition
Recently, Eric Interval, M.D. and Ben Addicks, M.D. competed with residents from Case Western University, the Cleveland Clinic and UPMC for the Robert and George Schein Research Awards sponsored annually by the Otolaryngology Department at UPMC.
School of Public Health Biostatistics department chair candidate presentation
Please join us for "Response Adaptive Design of Clinical Trials (REACTs)", a presentation by Dr. Xikui Wang, Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba. Dr. Wang is a candidate for the WVU School of Public Health Biostatistics Department Chair. He is currently the Head of the Department of Statistics at University of Manitoba.
School of Nursing coordinating “Food Security Day of Service” for McDowell County residents
Residents of McDowell County need our help.
Beyond the plate: award-winning author to share experiences as an undercover worker in America's food industry
In today’s food-obsessed culture with farm-to-table meals, organic foods and fresh, locally sourced ingredients, what does it take for working class, average Americans to eat well? Tackling issues around food and class, award winning journalist and author Tracie McMillan examines these issues in her New York Times best-seller, “The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table.”