Announcements
Bestselling author and international speaker to present School of Public Health Diversity Week keynote address
The School of Public Health will welcome international speaker and bestselling author, Gilbert “Gil” Singletary, PhD, JD, to campus as part of 2019 Diversity Week. All WVU students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.
Morgantown Suicide Prevention event hopes to help others “walk out of the darkness.”
Morgantown’s chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will host its annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk, Saturday, September 21, at Krepps Park in Morgantown.
WVU Cancer Institute welcomes health researcher Dr. Nicole Stout
WVU Cancer Institute - Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) and the Division of Hematology/Oncology would like to introduce a new addition to our faculty. Nicole L. Stout, DPT, CLT-LANA, FAPTA is a renowned health care researcher, consultant, educator, and advocate. She joins the WVUCI as a research assistant professor in the School of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology this month and looks forward to meeting with fellow researchers, clinicians, and advocates interested in cancer survivorship.
Raihan Khan selected for Outstanding Merit Fellowship
A doctoral candidate in the Public Health Sciences PhD program with a concentration in social and behavioral sciences, Raihan Khan has been selected to receive this year’s WVU School of Public Health Outstanding Merit Fellowship for Continuing Doctoral Students.
WVU in the News: West Virginia drug deaths decline, need for help remains
West Virginia state officials announced on Thursday that they estimate a slight decline in drug overdose deaths from 2017 to 2018.
Student and faculty travel and 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 open for submissions through Oct.18, 2019.
WVU awarded grant for Cell and Molecular Biology and Biomedical engineering programs
West Virginia University’s Biomedical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering programs received a $1,286,856 National Institute of General Medical Sciences/ National Institutes of Health grant.
WVU Global Health Summit set for Oct. 11
The Global Engagement Office at WVU Health Sciences will host the inaugural Global Health Summit on Fri., Oct. 11.
WVU researchers to spearhead collaborative opioid treatment program in rural counties
West Virginia University’s expertise on combating the opioid epidemic will be utilized in a federally-funded program targeting seven rural West Virginia counties. The project, supported by a $1 million U.S. Department of Health and Human Services award, aims to strengthen opioid abuse prevention, treatment and recovery services in Calhoun, Gilmer, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Jackson and Tyler counties.
WVU in the News: American Health Care Is Sick—and its Workers Are Too
Clay Marsh, M.D., vice president and executive dean for WVU Health Sciences, recently published an observation piece in Scientific American's online publication. Marsh addresses American medical students, physicians and nurses about the state of our healthcare system, how its healthcare workers are sick and why West Virginia is taking a different approach.