Announcements
WV STEPS Center to host Healthcare Simulation Week Sept. 13-17
The David and Jo Ann Shaw Center for Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety (WV STEPS Center) will host Healthcare Simulation week Monday, Sept. 13 through Friday, Sept. 17.
Pre-Health Office announces Fall 2021 schedule of seminars
The WVU Pre-Health Professional Development Office has finalized their Fall 2021 schedule of seminars. Find full seminar and workshop descriptions and register for any of these events by vising the Get Started page of their website.
WVU internal medicine physician to lead talk on narrative medicine during Walk with a Future Doc session
Participants at the upcoming WVU Walk with a Future Doc session, 9 a.m. on Sept. 11, will have the opportunity to learn about narrative medicine while also getting some exercise.
Sept. 2, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for Sept. 2, 2021.
Virtual Faculty Engagement Event: "Peer Feedback"
All faculty are invited to attend the WVU Health Sciences Center Faculty Development Program Virtual Faculty Engagement Event "Peer Feedback" on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, from noon to 1 p.m.
Tied to history: Two WVU student veterans cite 9/11 as touchstone in military, educational careers
As the world watched the twin towers fall on Sept. 11, 2001, Americans everywhere questioned what would come next. Jonathan McGee, now a senior at West Virginia University studying political science, however, knew what was ahead for him. At the time, he was delayed enlistment for the U.S. Air Force and waiting for an open spot in the firefighting school.
$400K scholarship gift aids underrepresented students at WVU
Underrepresented students at West Virginia University will benefit from a new scholarship established by an international couple seeking to pay tribute to the Mountain State.
New West Virginia health survey aims to better inform policy makers to help deliver resources to communities in need
A new, biennial West Virginia population-based health survey—the Mountain State Assessment of Trends in Community Health—will gather information to help health officials and policy makers better understand the critical health needs of all 55 West Virginia counties, with the goal of directing resource allocations to communities that need them most.
WVU Charleston Surgeons Elliot Adams and Albeir Mousa Honored with “Most Viewed Article of 2020” by Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases
CHARLESTON W. Va., September 1, 2021 – Elliot Adams, MD and co-author Albeir Y. Mousa, MD, FACS, DFSVS, RPVI, MPH, MBA of the West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston Campus have been recognized by the Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases, Innovations and Techniques, the official publication of the Society for Vascular Surgery, for their April 2020 article “Achieving a popliteal venous access for renal replacement therapy in critically ill COVID-19 patient in prone position.”
Sept. 1, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for Sept. 1, 2021.