Announcements
WVU Medicine employees reminded to not disclose PHI or business asset data on internet message applications
WVU Medicine employees are reminded not to disclose or post Protected Health Information (PHI) or business asset data on any publicly accessible internet message applications system, such as ChatGPT, Signal, WhatsApp and Conversational AI.
Campus Conversation planned June 27
Staff, faculty and students are invited to attend a Campus Conversation Tuesday (June 27) designed to provide an update on the University’s overarching transformation initiatives, including those to address academics and the structural budget deficit.
Provider and faculty member earns specialty board certification in periodontics
Dr. Shorouk Elnagdy achieved Board Certification Diplomate status and received a Diplomate certificate in Periodontology and Dental Implant Surgery in June 2023.
WVU in the News: Cancer Institute investment
State surplus funding of $50 million will help the WVU Cancer Institute pursue National Cancer Institute Designation, a first for West Virginia.
A record number of WVU pharmacy graduates pursue residencies in 2023
The West Virginia University School of Pharmacy achieved impressive results in post-graduate year one (PGY1) residency placement this year.
WVU in the News: Therapy Dog Who Comforted Pandemic Hospital Workers Receives Honorary 'Dogtorate'
Dr. Caroline Benzel will soon start her residency at WVU, while her dog, Loki - the recent recipient of a special "dogree" from the University of Maryland, Baltimore - will begin work locally as a therapy dog.
WVU in the News: 'Professional Grief' Is a Daily Reality for Oncologists
In Medscape, Dr. Laurie Jean Lyckholm addresses ways oncologists can process the deaths of patients.
Nurse-led access to care points within faith communities aim to improve mental health in rural Mingo County
James and Nicole Messer, both masters-prepared nurses and WVU School of Nursing-trained Faith Community Nurses, have been working to improve mental health for members of the Jenny’s Creek Gospel Church and the broader community of Kermit in Mingo County.
CDC webinar released: Health impacts of occupational physical activity
Dr. Tyler Quinn, assistant professor in the WVU School of Public Health's Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, presented during a CDC/NIOSH sponsored webinar on April 26.
Epidemiology posters earn top awards at West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute meeting
At the recent West Virginia CTSI meeting held on Wednesday, May 24, at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place, recently graduated doctoral student, Dr. Eric Lundstrom, was voted the top poster presenter by attendees.