Announcements
Research team targets agents that cause wound infections
When a soldier is suffering from an infection, he wants to begin the diagnosis and treatment processes immediately. But current methods take several days to confirm infection, leaving healthcare providers with limited and less-than-ideal options.
First Wine and Dine with Coach Huggins raises $4K for WVU Cancer Research
Dozens of people flocked to The Wine Bar in Morgantown on Sept. 21 for a Wine and Dine party with WVU Men’s Basketball Coach Bob Huggins and raised more than $4,000 for cancer research at the WVU Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center.
BRAIN research at WVU awarded $1.5 million
In its first wave of funding awards, a new presidential project aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain has pledged its support to a group of researchers led by West Virginia University faculty working to change the future of brain imaging. The White House announced that WVU has been awarded more than $1.5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, established by President Barack Obama to accelerate the development and application of innovative imaging technologies.
WVU Nursing’s Dr. Jennifer A. Mallow named one of 12 RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholars for 2014
Jennifer A. Mallow, Ph.D., R.N., an assistant professor at the West Virginia University School of Nursing and research scholar with the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI), is one of just 12 nursing educators from across the country to win a prestigious grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Nurse Faculty Scholars program this year.
WVU School of Medicine physician elected to national family medicine post
Dana E. King, M.D., chair of the West Virginia University Department of Family Medicine, has been elected to the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Board of Directors as secretary/treasurer. Dr. King’s two-year term will start at the group’s fall meeting in November.
‘Wine and Dine with Coach Huggins’ to benefit WVU cancer research
West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Coach Bob Huggins is teaming up with the Wine Bar at Vintner Valley in Morgantown for ‘Wine and Dine with Coach Huggins’ to benefit research at the WVU Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center.
WVU School of Medicine’s Dr. Sergiy Yakovenko teaches neuroscience in Ukraine
Sergiy Yakovenko, Ph.D., assistant professor of exercise physiology and neuroscience at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, spent the last two weeks of the summer recess in Kiev, Ukraine, teaching at an international scientific summer school.
Internationally renowned cancer scientist to deliver DeLynn Lecture
Lewis C. Cantley, Ph.D., an internationally renowned cancer scientist, will deliver the 2014 Laurence and Jean DeLynn Lecture at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 8 in the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center’s Fukushima Auditorium.
WVU pharmacy Ph.D. students win research competition
Doctoral students in the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy won a student research competition at the International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) 19th Annual Meeting, which was held earlier this summer in Montreal.
Metabolic syndrome study awarded $2M in funding
Everyone knows someone with metabolic syndrome, though we might not realize it. A cluster of interrelated factors found to increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, the condition presents an immediate public health challenge, particularly in the Mountain State. Matthew J. Gurka, Ph.D., founding chair of the West Virginia University School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics, has been awarded $1.98 million in research funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to gain a better understanding of the progression of this condition over time among different ethnic groups.