Announcements
Blue Zones Project WVU transformation presentation and Food and Friends @ 5 celebration
Join Blue Zones Project Wednesday, Nov. 14, for a presentation by national speaker Nick Buettner about improving well-being across campus. The event will be held from 5:00 to 7 p.m. at the Erickson Alumni Center. Refreshments and healthy snacks provided.
WVU researcher explores how to improve stroke recovery in obese patients
Obesity doesn’t just make strokes more likely. It also makes them more damaging—and more lethal.
WVU establishes first accelerated master’s degree program with external institution
In an effort to provide an affordable option for students seeking a graduate degree, the WVU School of Public Health has established the first shared-credit degree program with a program outside of the University system.
WVU grad student pursues drug to treat aggressive form of blood cancer
Multiple myeloma doesn’t play around. Within five years of being diagnosed with this form of blood cancer, about half of all patients die from it. And even if they initially respond well to treatment, the cancer can hide in their bone marrow for years before reemerging in a tougher-to-treat form.
Learn about becoming a Blue Zone University at WVU Town Hall
Learn how becoming the first certified Blue Zones University in the world can inspire healthy transformation, economic vitality and higher well-being. Join us for a university-wide Town Hall at the WVU Health Sciences Center on Thur., Nov. 8 at noon. If you can’t join us, you can watch the event live at https://www.hsc.wvu.edu/live-feed.
RNI researchers contribute to creation of biomedical marker test for Alzheimer’s
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Device designation to DISCERN, a biomarker test for Alzheimer’s. The test was developed using blood and tissue samples that were monitored and evaluated by WVU’s Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute.
WVCTSI names 5 new Research Scholars
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Five clinical and translational scientists have been named Research Scholars by the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI). These five investigators from the West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine include: Amelia Adcock, M.D., Cassie Brode, Ph.D., Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi, Ph.D., James Mahoney III, Ph.D., and Rashi Mehta, M.D.
WVU Department of Otolaryngology Attends American Academy of Otolaryngology Conference
WVU Medicine Otolaryngology at American Academy of Otolaryngology Conference Oct 2018
WVU faculty awarded CDC grant to help southern West Virginia communities build healthy futures
Faculty from WVU Extension Service, WVU College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, and WVU School of Public Health and West Virginia Prevention Research Center received a five-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help in Clay and McDowell counties reduce obesity and other chronic diseases related to long-term unhealthy lifestyles.
Protecting coal miners from black lung disease
In a report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, WVU School of Public Health researcher Michael McCawley and his colleagues pinpoint shortcomings in how miners’ exposure to respirable coal-mine dust is monitored. Inhaling this dust over time leads to black lung disease.