Announcements
Planned gift distribution provides $1 million to expand graduate student opportunities at the WVU School of Medicine
Graduate students in the Cellular and Integrative Physiology program at the West Virginia University School of Medicine will benefit from a late alumnus’s legacy gift. A recent $1 million enhancement to the Dan Watts Endowment for Pharmacological Research and Education established by Dr. Thomas R. (Tom) Poole will further student research and education in the Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology.
WVU in the News: Even in the most depressed county in America, stigma around mental illness persists
Dr. Mark Miller talks with KFF Health News for a USA Today story looking at the reasons for high rates of depression in West Virginia.
WVU School of Nursing welcomes decorated advisor, Beth Lefevre
Beth Lefevre of Morgantown, has joined the Office of Student Services as an advisor for the West Virginia University School of Nursing just in time for the Fall 2023 semester.
WVU Nursing’s Faith Community Nurse Training expands beyond state borders
During COVID, many of the local faith community nursing training programs shut down. Tina LeFaive came across Dr. Angel Smothers, Associate Dean for Community Engagement for WVU’s School of Nursing. Together, they assembled a program to fit the Springfield project’s needs. There are a variety of people involved in FCN programs, including nurses, pastors and community members. The course being online made it easily available for those interested.
SOAR Peer Coaching Program offers peer-to-peer support to nursing students
To assist WVU School of Nursing students with the transition into the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, the SOAR Peer Coaching Program aims to cultivate a sense of belonging and to build resiliency, self-compassion and stress reduction skills.
WVU in the News: Keyser man named assistant director of DNP program
Dr. Kellon Smith, a WVU School of Nursing alum and a faculty member since 2019, is now serving as the DNP Nurse Anesthesia Program’s assistant director.
WVU in the News: Unpacking the discourse around Ozempic and related medications for weight loss
Laura Davisson, M.D., from the School of Medicine's Department of Medicine discusses Ozempic and related medications with the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
Explore diversity in healthcare during Global Health Week at WVU
Sponsored by the West Virginia University School of Medicine Global Health Program and Health Sciences Global Engagement Office, Global Health Week will be held Monday, Sept. 18, through Friday, Sept. 22.
William A. Neal Museum of the Health Sciences seeks submissions for upcoming exhibit
The William A. Neal Museum of the Health Sciences, a unit of WVU Libraries, is seeking stories and objects for “Getting Through: Healthcare Worker Resilience in the Age of COVID,” a year-long exhibit highlighting the experiences and resilience of West Virginia’s healthcare workers.
WVU in the News: West Virginia sees small uptick in COVID illness
West Virginia and the rest of the country has seen a small increase in of COVID-19 related hospitalizations lately, Dr. Clay Marsh, the state’s COVID czar, said Thursday.