Announcements
Julie Lockman appointed director of faculty affairs and academic initiatives for WVU Health Sciences
Julie A. Lockman, Ph.D., has been named director of faculty affairs and academic initiatives for WVU Health Sciences. Dr. Lockman served as a 2017-2018 WVU provost fellow for health sciences academic affairs.
WVU Medicine Physician Presents at International Society of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy Conference
Christopher P. Cifarelli, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the WVU Medicine Gamma Knife program and member of the WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs, presented a talk on his team’s research during the 2018 ISIORT conference in Mannheim, Germany. Dr. Cifarelli presented two sessions: Feasibility of Dose Escalation Using Intraoperative Radiotherapy Following Resection of Large Brain Metastases Compared to Post-operative SRS and Neurosurgical Nuances of IORT for Intracranial Lesions. The work focuses on a novel use of radiation delivered to the brain at the time of surgery as a means to decrease long-term radiation doses and improve overall outcomes for patients with metastatic and primary brain tumors. The conference had about 300 specialists from over 20 nations in attendance. Dr. Cifarelli is a faculty member in the WVU Department of Neurosurgery and a member of the Radiation Oncology team at WVU Cancer Institute. This work was co-authored by Joshua Hack MS, Geraldine M. Jacobson MD, and J. Austin Vargo MD.
WVU School of Nursing receives final approval to offer four-year nursing degree on Keyser campus
As the result of a required review and site visit by the West Virginia Board of Nursing, the WVU School of Nursing received final approval to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at West Virginia University’s (WVU) Potomac State College (PSC) campus.
WVU in the News: Facing deaths of despair from the depths of despair in West Virginia
Clay Marsh, M.D., shares insight on facing the opioid epidemic and West Virginia's health crisis in STAT, a national publication focused on finding and telling compelling stories about health, medicine, and scientific discovery.
WVU School of Nursing dean re-elected president of state board of nursing
Tara Hulsey, dean of the West Virginia University School of Nursing and vice president of Health Promotion and Wellness for WVU, was unanimously re-elected to serve as the president of the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses.
WVU Charleston Campus names new behavioral medicine and psychiatry department chair
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – James P. Griffith, MD FACP has been named chair of the West Virginia University Health Sciences Charleston Campus department of behavioral medicine and psychiatry.
Dental school connects healthcare partners to help patients stop using tobacco
The tobacco cessation treatment training program at WVU urges collaboration in helping patients kick the tobacco habit and decrease health risks associated with tobacco use.
WVU transforms neuroscience research and education with new Department of Neuroscience
In an effort to continue to improve brain health and wellness and understanding of neurological disorders, West Virginia University is bringing together more than 50 of its laboratories and dozens of educators to form a new Department of Neuroscience within the School of Medicine and as a part of the recently established Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.
Costello appointed to the CHIP Board of Directors
Lisa M. Costello, M.D., has recently been appointed as a citizen member to the Board of Directors of the West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
WVU to host tobacco experts leading efforts on reducing tobacco-related disparities
Tobacco disparities thought leader experts will gather in Morgantown, W.Va., July 9 and 10 to develop a strategic blueprint for continued efforts toward reducing the burden of tobacco-related disease and death.