Announcements
SPH Happenings: Sept. 2, 2025
Read the latest edition of the Happenings, the WVU School of Public Health's internal e-newsletter.
OLLI, WVU Committee of Retired Faculty host talk on hunger Sept. 3
Chad Morrison, CEO of Mountaineer Food Bank, and Laura Phillips, Mountaineer Food Bank team member, will present “Hunger in West Virginia: Understanding the Causes, Impacts and Solutions to Food Insecurity” at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, via Zoom.
WVU Medicine East introduces first administrative residents
Rieley Snyder and Hannah Warden, West Virginia University School of Public Health Master of Health Administration students, spent the summer enhancing their skills and gaining real-world experience as the inaugural administrative residents at WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center (collectively known as WVU Medicine East) located in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.
STEPS to offer 'Coaching in Procedural Skills' training on Sept. 17
WV STEPS David and Jo Ann Shaw Center for Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety is offering a free 'Coaching for Procedural Skills' training session on Sept. 17 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the STEPS Lab located on the third floor of the Health Sciences South.
Blood Drive planned for Sept. 19 at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital
An American Red Cross blood drive will be held Friday, Sept. 19, from noon to 6 p.m. in the Bruce McClymonds Conference Room A at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital for WVU employees and students.
Community Health Needs Assessment underway in Monongalia, Marion counties
What are the health challenges in Monongalia and Marion counties?
WVU in the News: WVU trains AI to diagnose heart failure in rural patients of Appalachia
West Virginia University computer scientists have developed multiple AI models that are made to identify signs of heart failure in patients from Appalachia.
WVU in the News: Are you overlooking this critical health factor?
“The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection.”
WVU Health Affairs awarded RWJF grant to strengthen census data and community resources in rural West Virginia
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has awarded WVU Health Affairs Institute (HAI) a grant to study McDowell County’s population and housing in support of the U.S. CENSUS Bureau’s 2030 Decennial Census.
Biddle named interim coordinator for BeWell
Maxx Biddle has been named interim coordinator for WVU Health Sciences BeWell. BeWell is a satellite office of the Carruth Center serving all Health Sciences students, including undergraduate, graduate and professional programs, on the Morgantown Campus.