Announcements
PCORI Workshop
This PCORI mini-CMA workshop will cover how to apply to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and is open to all that wish to attend. The workshop will be September 28th.
David Scadden to deliver the 2015 DeLynn Lecture; All are welcome
David Scadden, M.D., will deliver the 2015 Laurence and Jean DeLynn Lecture at 4 p.m., Thursday, September 10, in Fukushima Auditorium.
WVU's Injury Control Research Center seeks new director
WVU's Injury Control Research Center (ICRC) is seeking a proven and dynamic leader who is an accomplished researcher in the fields of injury and/or violence control and prevention, to serve as the next Director of the WVU Injury Control Research Center – one of ten CDC-funded injury centers nationwide.
NIOSH renews funding of WVU occupational health and safety training
West Virginia University has received a five-year, $2.2 million competitive grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to continue to offer advanced training to physicians and engineering students.
WVU Health Sciences Center Bridge Funding Grants revised Aug. 12
The WVU Health Sciences Center Office of Research and Graduate Education announces the availability of Bridge Funding Grants (BFGs) to provide interim research support for investigators whose extramural funding is ending.
WVCTSI announces new pilot funding mechanism for innovations in clinical and translational research
This opportunity is an open competition where applicants can request up to $50,000 in funding, which must be utilized over six months. The funds will support investigators as they bring inventions and patents to market.
WVU School of Nursing receives nearly $1.4 million HRSA grant
A team of healthcare professionals at West Virginia University, led by Joanne Duffy, Ph.D., R.N., endowed professor of the WVU School of Nursing, is working together to reduce complications and improve health outcomes in older adults and cardiac surgery patients in rural West Virginia.
WVCTSI to host Research Boot Camp July 15
Bruce Gingles, vice president of global technology assessment and healthcare policy at Cook Medical Inc., will present “Medical Innovation: Putting the Univers(e) back in University" at noon Wednesday, July 15, in Fukushima Auditorium.
WVCTSI names WVU neuroscientist to research scholar cohort
The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) has named Julie Brefczynski-Lewis, Ph.D., to its Research Scholar Program.
Allen Comprehensive Lung Cancer Program represented at world conferences
Patrick Ma, M.D., recently spoke at the World Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Summit in Boston, with a presentation titled, "MET Targeted Therapy in NSCLC." Dr. Ma is the co-leader of the Sara Crile Allen and James Frederick Allen Comprehensive Lung Cancer Program at the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center.