Announcements
Students named winners in dental research competition
The winners of the School of Dentistry’s 2nd Annual Local AADR/Dentsply and 50th annual School of Dentistry Alumni Association Research Competition have been announced.
Department of Dental Hygiene celebrates upcoming graduates and leaders
Congratulations to the West Virginia University School of Dentistry Department of Dental Hygiene Class of 2018. The department hosted its annual awards and senior recognition banquet Friday, April 6 at the Erickson Alumni Center. This year’s class includes: Carrie Brescoach, Huntington, WV Mylea Carpenter, Beach City, OH Madison Chapman, Huntington, WV Loran Clayton, Moundsville, WV Kelsey Cochrane, Mebane, NC Ashleigh Collins, Chesterfield, VA Kimberly Cooper, Davis, WV Samantha Farley, Waterford, OH *not pictured Kelli Feaster, Petersburg, WV Kristen Hanlan, Bridgeport, WV *not pictured Kesha Harding, Sissonville, WV Paige Holmes, Hurricane, WV Marissa Kohler, Wheeling, WV Sarah Kyle, Clarksburg, WV Charlie Lucente, Charleston, WV Rachel Maerten, Eldersburg, MD Isabella McDaniel, Cowan, WV Kaitlyn McQuain, New Stanton, PA Julia Miller, Keyser, WV Olivia Nave, Westminster, MD Kirby Novak, Bridgeport, WV Hayley Plank-Collins, Falling Waters, WV
Celebrate Dr. Alan Ducatman's retirement - April 20
Save the Date! Please mark your calendar to help us celebrate Dr. Alan Ducatman’s retirement.
Ducatman to present Medicine Grand Rounds
Dr. Alan Ducatman, School of Public Health professor in Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, will present "25 Years of Toxic Exposures" as part of Medicine Grand Rounds on April 13. The lecture will be 8:00-9:00 am in the Fukushima Auditorium, HSC-N.
Dental school alumni back faculty through generous gift
The WVU School of Dentistry Alumni Association shared the first installment of a matching fund to help in the recruitment of additional faculty and support existing faculty .
Showcase your innovation, design or idea for a new venture
WVU’s Demo Day is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff from across WVU’s IDEA Ecosystem to demonstrate their work in innovation, entrepreneurship and design. Register online through March 21.
Schwinghammer retiring from WVU School of Pharmacy; Slain named new chair of clinical pharmacy
Dr. Douglas Slain, an infectious disease specialist and professor at the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, will be appointed the new chairperson of the School’s clinical pharmacy department. Slain succeeds Dr. Terry Schwinghammer, who will retire this spring.
Applications open for 2018 Interdisciplinary Research Leaders program - Due March 14
Interdisciplinary Research Leaders, a national leadership development program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is accepting applications for research teams until March 14.
Shaping positive oral health habits early
West Virginia University School of Dentistry students eagerly share oral hygiene information as fast as they are learning it.
Public Health professor offers Charleston community solutions to teen substance abuse
Dr. Alfgeir Kristjansson, an assistant professor in the WVU School of Public Health, will lead three community sessions in Kanawha County on Monday, Feb. 26, focused on evidence-based, effective solutions to curbing teen substance abuse.