Announcements
WVU testing center for generic drugs aids students and consumers
Generic drugs save consumers and insurers billions of dollars a year. But before they make it to market, their manufacturers must prove to the Food and Drug Administration that their products are equally safe and effective as the branded medicines they will replace. Part of that process requires independent testing on healthy human volunteers.
WVU research team targets agents that cause wound infections
A team of West Virginia University scientists is working on a way to quickly detect agents that would cause infections, as a way to serve those brave men and women who serve in the U.S. armed forces.
Poll: majority in favor of tobacco tax raise for public health improvement
Researchers have found a majority of West Virginians favor an increase on tobacco taxes.
Program ACTIVE seeks participants to help study diabetes and depression
November is National Diabetes Month, and a research study out of the West Virginia University School of Medicine Department of Exercise Physiology hopes to find the best treatment for an issue facing one out of every four people with type 2 diabetes: depression.
WVU Dentistry student wins research award
Sawan Prabhu, a fourth-year Doctor of Dental Surgery student in the West Virginia University School of Dentistry, was one of eight students from across the country and Canada to win an award at the 20th Hinman Student Research Symposium, which was held Oct. 31-Nov. 2 in Memphis, Tenn.
Demystifying Dental Phobias
Like the pursuit of a cure for the common cold, Daniel W. McNeil, PhD, has set his sights on finding a remedy for a problem that is not likely to go away any time soon.
WVU School of Medicine names distinguished teachers
West Virginia University School of Medicine Dean Arthur J. Ross III, M.D., M.B.A., recognized faculty and staff for their years of service, named Distinguished Teachers, and presented the Dean’s Awards for Excellence on Tuesday (Oct. 21) at the WVU Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown.
Beat the Clock
When a stroke occurs, the horn blows, the clock starts, and the race is on. Within minutes, brain cells can begin to die. It happens quickly, but the damage is lasting.
NIH grants WVU $10.7 million for stroke research
With the help of a major federal grant, West Virginia University is bolstering its faculty and scientific research on stroke to mitigate the devastating effects of the disease across the state and the nation. The grant of $10.7 million over the next five years, including more than $2.1 million this year, will have a transformational effect on basic and translational stroke research at WVU. The funding will enhance mentoring and development of five junior investigators and their research programs as well as support core resources.
Rockett: change the way we categorize overdoses
A large proportion of so-called accidental drug overdose deaths are probably due to suicide or other self-directed violence, suggests an essay by a panel of international experts led by Ian Rockett, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology in the West Virginia University School of Public Health. “Confronting Death from Drug Self-Intoxication (DDSI): Prevention through a Better Definition,” appears in the October 16 online edition of the American Journal of Public Health.