Announcements
WVU cycling advocate to speak at road safety conference
WVU’s most passionate advocate for bicycle and pedestrian safety will take his message to a national audience in early December.
WVU seeking participants for autism study
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Researchers at West Virginia University are conducting a study to examine how individuals on the autism spectrum process what they see and hear. They are currently seeking adults with and without autism as study participants.
National dental research grant awarded to WVU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A $50,000 research innovation award in endodontics has been awarded to the West Virginia University School of Dentistry.
Student studies links between breastfeeding and oral health
Sarah E. Hayes, M.S., M.P.H., a WVU doctoral student in psychology, represented the West Virginia University School of Dentistry at the Hinman Student Research Symposium in October at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center.
National Rural Health Day Nov. 19
Webinars offered on National Rural Health Day, Nov. 19.
Pack The Rack: Health Sciences Center collecting food for students in need
This holiday season, the WVU Health Sciences Center community is stepping up to make sure WVU’s student food pantry, The Rack, is stocked and ready heading into the cold months. The goal is to collect at least 2,015 non-perishable food items between Monday, Nov. 16, and the end of Fall Semester.
Pfister Scholarship Campaign achieves half million dollar goal
The WVU School of Medicine, Charleston Division has established a new scholarship fund honoring longtime faculty member, Al Pfister, M.D.
School of Public Health honored with Chapter of the Year Award
Congratulations are in order for the Gamma Mu Chapter of Delta Omega at the WVU School of Public Health; the honorary society was recently selected as Chapter of the Year.
Professor to present on income inequality and premature mortality
The Public Health Dialogues Speaker Series continues at 12:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, in room 1905, Health Sciences North, with a presentation on the relationship between income inequality and the health of a population.