Announcements
WV AWARE workshop to be held Nov. 1
WV AWARE (Asking Women About Relationship Experiences) will host a collaborative workshop on Friday, November 1, at Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, W.Va. Check in begins at 11 a.m. and the workshop will take place from 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Lunch and compensation for time/travel will be provided.
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.
Monthly seminar series kicks off September 18
The WVU School of Public Health Department of Biostatics will kick off its monthly seminar series with a presentation by M. Abbas Virji, MSc, ScD, CIH, FAIHA. Virji is a research industrial hygienist in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Respiratory Health Division.
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 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.
Dental school oral medicine expert teaching and treating patients
New dental school faculty member specializes oral mucosal disorders, chronic head and facial pain, salivary pathology and oral manifestations of systemic diseases.
Mountaineer Simulation Week
Mountaineer Simulation Week kicks off on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 with interactive training sessions, tours and challenges that extend through the week for faculty and students.