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WVU in the News: Rise in suicide rates in U.S. youth, especially girls
Suicide rates among U.S. youth have been on the rise for nearly a decade, with the sharpest increase in young girls, a new study shows. Professor Emeritus Ian Rockett shares insight why these numbers may be higher than reported.
Research survey aimed at physicians, physician's assistants and nurse practitioners to help combat the state's opioid epidemic.
This survey is a joint effort of the WV Department of Health and Human Resources, Marshall Health, WV School of Osteopathic Medicine, and West Virginia University under the direction of Garrett Moran, PhD at WVU and Lyn O’Connell, PhD, at Marshall Health. Funding for the project was provided by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA). Your participation in this project is greatly appreciated and it will take no more than about 10 minutes to complete the attached questionnaire. The data gathered will help address factors that limit the availability of MAT for opioid use disorder in West Virginia.
WVU Public Health faculty member provides healthcare leadership to global audience
With a global reach of more than 40 countries in one year, a WVU Public Health expert is helping fight childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases through healthcare leadership training.
Volunteers needed for county disaster preparedness drill
Volunteers Needed to Assist with Monongalia County Disaster Preparedness Drill from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.on Wednesday, May 29.
Help us collect content for Dr. Art Jacknowitz's HSC Memorial Service
Dear alumni, friends and colleagues,
WVU's award-winning Delta Omega chapter highlighted in national webinar
The WVU School of Public Health's Gamma Mu Chapter of the Delta Omega honorary society recently presented their strategies for innovation for success in a webinar hosted by the national organization. The Gamma Mu chapter was selected for the webinar spotlight after being named Chapter of the Year for the sixth consecutive year in October 2018. Watch the webinar online.
School of Pharmacy 2019 May Commencement recap
The School of Pharmacy held its 2019 May Commencement Ceremony Saturday, May 11, at the WVU Creative Arts Center. Three PhD graduates from the School's Health Services Outcomes and Research (HSOR) program and 70 PharmD graduates participated in the ceremony.
Newest dentists and hygienists ready for practice
You can see a replay of the ceremony and view a photo album from commencement day.
Student in Guo Laboratory Awarded Prestigious Travel Award
Salvi Singh an MS student in Computer Science from the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at WVU who works in the Laboratory of Dr. Lan Guo, as a Research Assistant was awarded the NSF Travel Award for her presentation at the 9th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM BCB 2018). The title of her presentation was: Genet-CNV: Boolean Implication Networks for Modelling Genome-Wide Co-occurrence of DNA Copy Number Variations: Ms. Singh, working with her mentor Lan Guo, Ph.D. uses an algorithm to detect DNA copy number variation networks that may be important for lung cancers. Her current research focuses on identifying genes that may be drivers in lung cancer initiation and metastasis.
WVU in the News: Public health researcher discusses barriers to syringe exchange programs
WVU School Associate Professor Steve Davis recently spoke with WV Public Broadcasting's Roxy Todd about his recent study that reveals the fear of arrest may be preventing some people from using syringe exchanges. Listen to the interview online.