Announcements
WVU Division of Physical Therapy participates in PT Day of Service
WVU School of Medicine Division of Physical Therapy students and faculty members recently took part in the PT Day of Service 2016, helping community members complete yard work activities that they were unable to perform themselves due to reasons such as injuries or surgeries.
Multi-university team finds possible mechanism to suppress skin cancer metastasis
New research, published this week in Laboratory Investigation (Nature Publishing Group) may hold the key a challenging problem in cancer treatment. The investigation was an international effort led by Mary J.C. Hendrix, president of Shepherd University; her laboratory partners at West Virginia University, Richard Seftor, Elisabeth Seftor and Naira Margaryan; and a team of collaborators in Chicago, Boston and Australia. The research team studies a protein long known to be active in embryonic development, called Nodal, that also has a critical role in aggressive human cancer.
WVU School of Medicine names Dr. Robert Johnstone chair of Anesthesiology
Dr. Johnstone has been serving as interim chair since July 1.
WVU Cancer Institute receives unique funding to improve care for lung cancer survivors
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has committed $25MM in new funding to Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative to address health care disparities in cancer care and support. At today’s White House event, the Foundation announced new partnerships with the WVU Cancer Institute and three additional partners to develop, implement, and evaluate an innovative model of comprehensive, coordinated care to better meet the needs of lung cancer survivors and their caregivers.
Nationally recognized lifestyle medicine expert joins WVU Medicine’s Eastern Campus
Diabetes and endocrinology expert, Emma B. Morton-Eggleston, M.D., M.P.H., was recently named chief of diabetes and obesity prevention and co-director of the WVU Center for Lifestyle Medicine in the West Virginia University School of Medicine.
WVU School of Nursing dean named president of regional education council
West Virginia University School of Nursing Dean Tara Hulsey has been elected president of the Southern Regional Education Board’s Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing, effective Nov. 13.
Medical student shows the perks of coffee roasting
just so happens that the School of Medicine has its own coffee connoisseur. Second-year medical student, Jeffrey Cannon, will be demonstrating some exotic roasting techniques and specialty coffees during WVU’s Diversity Week activities on Wed., Oct. 12, 10 – 11 a.m. in Fukushima Lobby. On your way to class, stop by and sample some of his favorites from around the world.
A childhood stroke forms a future in health care for WVU Occupational Therapy student
School of Medicine occupational therapy student finds her place at West Virginia University.
School of Medicine’s Gauri Pawar named to the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Neurology
Gauri Pawar, M.D., associate professor and director of the residency program in the Department of Neurology, was recently selected to serve on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Residency Review Committee for Neurology. Dr. Pawar’s voting term will begin July 1, 2017, with additional non-voting duties beginning as early as January 2017.
WVU BRNI brings neuroscience thought leader Dr. Gerry Rubin to campus as part of Notable Neuroscientist Seminar series
As part of the Notable Neuroscientist seminar series, the WVU Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute is bringing noted biologist and geneticist Dr. Gerry Rubin to campus on October 13 – 14.