Announcements
School of Public Health faculty honored for service
As part of the School of Public Health’s celebration of the 150th anniversary of West Virginia University, two distinguished faculty members were recognized for their hard work and dedication to furthering the mission of the School. Dean Jeffrey Coben presented Drs. Adam Baus and Christiaan Abildso (in absentia) with Celebration Coins at the 150th event on November 10, as a token of appreciation for members of the University who go above and beyond their daily work.
WVU mourns loss of iconic physician
James E. Brick, M.D., who joined the School of Medicine at West Virginia University as an intern in 1977 and rose to lead the School as interim dean from 2008-2010, died Sunday, Nov. 12, at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital as the result of a sudden illness.
WVU Heart and Vascular Institute is now offering protected TAVR
The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute is one of the first in the country to introduce new technology shown to protect patients from the risk of stroke during minimally invasive heart valve surgery, known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
WVU’s Delta Omega chapter goes first – again!
The Gamma Mu Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society is making history. For the fifth year in a row, the WVU chapter has been named Chapter of the Year from the national organization. The chapter accepted the award last week during the American Public Health Association’s yearly meeting and exposition in Atlanta, GA.
WVU School of Nursing BSN Program Approved for Potomac State College
West Virginia University’s Potomac State students will be able to receive a four-year degree in nursing on the Keyser campus.
April Shapiro to lead BSN Nursing Program at Potomac State College
April Shapiro, PhD, RN, will serve as the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) chairperson for West Virginia University’s (WVU) School of Nursing at Potomac State College in Keyser, WV.
WVU doctors create Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Health to halt chronic disease
As recent national statistics for obesity and diabetes revealed West Virginia’s ranking as number one in both, a team of interdisciplinary healthcare providers at West Virginia University is creating a new Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Health with the bold goal of preventing and reversing these conditions with not more medication, but less.
WVU doctors create Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Health to halt chronic disease
As recent national statistics for obesity and diabetes revealed West Virginia’s ranking as number one in both, a team of interdisciplinary healthcare providers at West Virginia University is creating a new Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Health with the bold goal of preventing and reversing these conditions with not more medication, but less.
Grant will help WVU Medicine identify HIV, Hepatitis C patients
The WVU Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine has been awarded a four-year, $1.375 million grant from Frontlines of Communities in the United States (FOCUS) to identify and link to care patients infected with HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) at several WVU Medicine clinical sites.
WVU in the News: Assistant Dean Brumage discusses childhood trauma as a source of public health problems
Dr. Michael Brumage, assistant dean at the SPH and executive director and health officer for the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, is featured on West Virginia Public Broadcasting's podcast, "The Front Porch." In this episode, Brumage shares his insights on how exposure to childhood trauma can lead to a variety of public health problems in adulthood.