Announcements
An Unexpected Delivery: WVU nursing student helps deliver baby while working as EMT
“Helping deliver this baby was the most fun EMS call I have ever been on in my almost six years of working on the ambulance,” said Tanner Colley. “I am very thankful for the help and guidance from my wonderful paramedic partner, Taylor, and of course what I learned in my OB classes and clinicals.”
WVU in the News: Juul ban and reversal draw shrugs in Pittsburgh
On June 24, less than 24 hours after the Food and Drug Administration banned the vaping giant Juul from selling its e-cigarettes in the U.S., a federal appeals court put the brakes on. But local vaping experts say that even if the ban goes through, it’s unlikely to have a major impact in the Pittsburgh region. The market’s already flooded with other products.
WVU in the News: Vaping adds another risk in Appalachia
On June 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a marketing ban on Juul products, a popular brand of e-cigarette. With the prevalence of vaping and smoking in West Virginia, along with high rates of lung disease, experts are saying this could bring change to the state.
Student travel and faculty research abroad grants open for submissions
The application period for the Nancy Sanders Memorial Student Travel Grant and the Nancy Sanders Memorial Faculty Research Abroad Grant is now open. Up to ten student awards of $2,000 each are available for the academic year. One faculty global pilot research award of $10,000 is available.
Scholarship funds available for Mingo County nurses interested in Faith Community Nursing
Scholarship funds are available for 20 Mingo County nurses who would like to complete the Faith Community Nursing program. Taught by the WVU School of Nursing, Faith Community Nursing focuses on the intentional care of the spirit as part of the process of promoting holistic health and preventing or minimizing illness in a faith community.
WVU Health Sciences to host information fair for new employees
New employees at West Virginia University’s Health Sciences Campus in Morgantown, including J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital and other clinical facilities associated with WVU Medicine, are invited to learn more about the community at an upcoming Employee Life Fair.
WVU Health Sciences summer institute promotes excellence in teaching
Welcoming scholars from across the country, the West Virginia University Health Sciences Faculty Development Program presented the 18th Annual Teaching Scholars Summer Institute earlier this month.
Save the date: Health Sciences faculty engagement event scheduled for Sept. 19
WVU Health Sciences faculty are invited to attend a Faculty Development Program engagement event on Monday, September 19, 2022, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Erickson Alumni Center.
WVU in the News: WVU researchers say Juul ban could prove ‘futile’
Mark Olfert and Sunil Sharma are making cases for more widespread action now that a Food and Drug Administration ban on Juul’s sales of electronic cigarettes is on hold.
Stipend available to health professions students through Scholars Program
Applications are now open for the West Virginia Area Health Education Centers Rural Community Health Scholars Program (RCH Scholars). RCH Scholars is a two-year program available to 75 of West Virginia’s top health professions students interested in serving medically underserved and/or rural populations across the state.