Announcements
Expanded partnerships lead to three new WVCTSI Project ECHO subject areas
The growth of new partnerships is leading to expanded offerings from WVCTSI Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) this winter. Three new ECHO projects are underway. Using the ECHO “hub and spoke” model, each ECHO Project will include a brief expert presentation on a related topic, followed by a de-identified case presentation or policy/practice questions for discussion.
2022 Herbert W. Nickens Awards
The AAMC is soliciting nominations for its annual Herbert W. Nickens Awards. These awards honor individuals who advance the educational, societal, and health care needs of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. We encourage you to disseminate this call for nominations and consider colleagues and students for these awards. The nomination deadline for the three awards below is April 1, 2022.
“A Long Talk About the Uncomfortable Truth”
A collaborative group across WVU is planning to bring the program “A Long Talk About the Uncomfortable Truth” to WVU’s campus. A Long Talk About The Uncomfortable Truth is an anti-racism activation experience. This session will take place Feb. 15 and Feb. 22, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
WVU in the News: Local nurses process pandemic experience through a paintbrush
MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WDTV) - Painting a new path to covid recovery, WVU School of Nursing staff is using art to process pandemic experience. Dr. Brad Phillips, who chairs the school of nursing curriculum committee, was tasked to bring the foundation of liberal arts back into the nursing curriculum. Philips and a small working group developed a liberal arts toolbox to give faculty different ideas to incorporate into their teaching.
Application for 2022 AGE-ADAR paid Summer Research Internship open
The application for the 2022 AGE-ADAR Summer Research Program is still open for underrepresented students in MSTEM fields who are preparing for a future career in health or research.
Jan. 30, 2022 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for Jan. 30, 2022.
Jan. 29, 2022 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for Jan. 29, 2022.
Jan. 28, 2022 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus
WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for Jan. 28, 2022.
Young Mountaineers learn how to locate a heartbeat in an interactive display hosted by the WVU School of Nursing at WVU Day at the Legislature
With the help of two West Virginia University School of Nursing faculty, dozens of young Mountaineers learned how to locate and hear a heartbeat on SAM, a Student Auscultation Manikin from the WV STEPS Center, during the 2022 WVU Day at the Legislature.
New WVU Lifestyle Medicine Clinic, curriculum address region’s critical needs
To help improve the quality of life for West Virginians and residents in the Appalachian region, West Virginia University’s School of Public Health is offering an evidence-based approach to preventing, treating and often reversing chronic disease, 85 percent of which is attributable to lifestyle risk factors.