Announcements
WVU in the News: Fresh approach may be needed in battle against opioids
During a recent symposium in Roanoke, stakeholders gathered to discuss solutions to the opioid epidemic.
West Virginia University introduces expanded Music Therapy Program
WVU recently expanded its unique Music Therapy Program and is growing it throughout Ruby Memorial Hospital. The program will bring music therapy to all patients and will collaborate with physicians, nurses and other members of patient treatment teams.
WVU School of Medicine using telemedicine to take mental health services to West Virginia’s youth
Children and adolescents in West Virginia now have access to mental health services via select school-based clinics across the state.
Academic Community Engagement grant brings advances to WVU service-learning
West Virginia University Center for Service and Learning awards grants for two service-learning courses; one grant to Public Health and one grant to Leadership Studies.
Public Health donors help provide wild, wonderful experience
Before the fall semester even started, a group of West Virginia University School of Public Health students were already off on their first adventure. Thanks to the generosity of two donors, four Master of Public Health students started their WVU experience in the great outdoors.
2020 dental hygiene degree candidates present two years of research findings
The uniquely integrated four-year baccalaureate curriculum includes a research focus to help students pursue professional development in oral healthcare.
WVU, Monongalia County Health Department establish Academic Health Department to enhance public health training, research and service
Top-tier training, research and service opportunities will remain at the forefront for students in the School of Public Health as West Virginia University and the Monongalia County Health Department establish an Academic Health Department, reinforcing the School’s commitment to give students learning experiences based in real-world public health practice.
Fighting opioids with an unlikely supplemental painkiller: anti-itch medicine
What if doctors could prevent opioid addiction … with opioids? Shane Kaski, a graduate student in the WVU School of Medicine, is exploring how supplementing morphine—a highly addictive opioid—with a less addictive opioid may increase each drug’s effectiveness. The lower doses that result could mean fewer side effects and less risk of addiction.
WVU in the News: WV symposium focuses on collaborative approach between researchers, lawmakers in substance abuse policymaking
Challenges and opportunities in addressing substance use disorder in the state were central topics during a symposium that aims to address the disconnect between researchers and West Virginia legislators and policy implementers tasked with creating and carrying out public health policy.
WVU in the News: In a war
During just five years from 2014-18, drug overdoses claimed at least 4,098 lives in our state. That is nearly twice the number of West Virginians who perished fighting in the Korean and Vietnam wars combined. Any questions about whether we are engaged in a war against substance abuse?