Announcements
Local health care leaders and learners provide free sports physicals and screenings to area students
An annual outreach effort led by WVU Medicine and WVU School of Medicine faculty and staff is helping monitor the health of hundreds of local students by providing them with free sports physicals and health screenings.
Interprofessional, simulation educator provides student-oriented approach to learning at WVU Health Sciences
After learning about the Standardized Patient Program from a friend during her undergraduate studies at West Virginia University, Katie Hoffman applied for the program and began working with WVU Health Sciences students as part of their clinical training.
New OTD graduate joins Country Roads staff after creating peer mentor workbook for capstone project
New OTD graduate Taylor Grout made a workbook for Country Roads peer mentors as her capstone project. She herself was a former peer mentor, and will use her previous experiences to guide her as she joins the Country Roads staff this fall.
WVU in the News: OpenAI and Arianna Huffington are working together on an ‘AI health coach’
The OpenAI Startup Fund and Thrive Global announce Thrive AI Health, a new company partnering with the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute to launch the AI Health Coach.
WVU in the News: WVU professor Elizabeth Scharman named Distinguished Mountaineer
The Daily Athenaeum features Elizabeth Scharman, professor of clinical pharmacy at WVU and clinical and executive director of the West Virginia Poison Center.
WVU in the News: Federal approval of new Alzheimer’s drug offers a welcome option
Marc Haut, director of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Memory Health Clinic, contributes to reporting by The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about a new Alzheimer's drug.
Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders offering free hearing screenings on July 12
The West Virginia University School of Medicine Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders will provide free hearing screenings to members of the public on Friday, July 12.
WVU School of Pharmacy professor receives Governor’s highest honor
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice presented Dr. Elizabeth Scharman, professor emerita at the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, with the 2024 Distinguished Mountaineer Award.
New podcast episode: Supporting other parents, a passion worth pursuing
Information about the new episode of the Adjusting the Sails podcast featuring Whitney Price, founder of the UnPuzzled Parents Connect Support Group.
For second-degree students, Aspiring Nurse Program helps turn nursing dreams into reality
Students seeking their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the WVU School of Nursing are eligible to apply for the WVU Medicine Aspiring Nurse Program, which provides direct financial assistance to nursing students at participating schools in return for a three-year work commitment at a hospital in the WVU Health System.