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Veterans' mental health expert to join WVU

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A researcher with wide experience in veterans’ mental health and suicide prevention will be the new leader of West Virginia University’s Injury Control Research Center (ICRC).

WVU medical residents present research at national competition

Recently, Eric Interval, M.D. and Ben Addicks,  M.D. competed with residents from Case Western University, the Cleveland Clinic and UPMC for the Robert and George Schein Research Awards sponsored annually by the Otolaryngology Department at UPMC.

WVU Medicine professor elected to serve on national palliative care committee

Alvin “Woody” Moss, M.D., professor and section chief of Supportive Services in the Department of Medicine, and director of the WVU Center for Health Ethics and Law was recently selected to serve on the National Quality Forum's (NQF) Palliative and End-of-Life Care Standing Committee for the Palliative and End-of-Life Endorsement Maintenance Project.

WVU Pathology chair named president-elect of national association

Barbara Ducatman, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Pathology, associate dean for Faculty Services and director of the WVU National Center of Excellence in Women's Health was recently chosen as President-Elect of the Association of Pathology Chairs (APC.)

School of Public Health Biostatistics department chair candidate presentation

Please join us for "Response Adaptive Design of Clinical Trials (REACTs)", a presentation by Dr. Xikui Wang, Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba. Dr. Wang is a candidate for the WVU School of Public Health Biostatistics Department Chair. He is currently the Head of the Department of Statistics at University of Manitoba.

Friends in the Journey seeks volunteers

Friends in the Journey is looking for volunteers to be mentors to individuals aged 18 and over. This is a program of The Connecting Link, Inc., implementing the Trusted Mentor Model. Friends in the Journey use the power of mentoring to help adults establish stable lives by reducing chaos brought about by poverty, homelessness, under-employment and the effects of incarceration. All our mentees are housed and are referred to  Friends in the Journey by our partnering agencies.

Beyond the plate: award-winning author to share experiences as an undercover worker in America's food industry

In today’s food-obsessed culture with farm-to-table meals, organic foods and fresh, locally sourced ingredients, what does it take for working class, average Americans to eat well? Tackling issues around food and class, award winning journalist and author Tracie McMillan examines these issues in her New York Times best-seller, “The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table.”