Announcements
Alltop named chief administrative officer for the School of Medicine
Jeremy Alltop, a senior financial and administrative executive with Indiana University’s School of Medicine, has been chosen to serve as the chief administrative officer for the West Virginia University School of Medicine.
WVU names director of Institute for Critical Care and Trauma
Alison Wilson, M.D., vice chair and professor in the WVU School of Medicine Department of Surgery, has been named the director of the WVU Institute for Critical Care and Trauma.
WVU Cancer Institute staff spreads holiday cheer through food drive
The Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center clinic is hoping to brighten the holidays for families in Monongalia County. Clinic staff collected two large boxes of non-perishable food items for the 34th Annual Toy and Food Drive of Monongalia County, as part of the United Way Campaign. Dave Staten and Patricia Policicchio were co-coordinators of the drive.
Fuel 4 Finals
HSC Students! We know you’re going to get hungry. Don’t study on an empty stomach. Stop by the Pylons Wednesday and Thursday at 5 p.m. for a free snack.
WVU assists police with overdose drug
West Virginia University is taking action to help West Virginia police officers assist people who have overdosed on prescription opioid pain medications or illegal opiate drugs such as heroin. Naloxone is a drug that reverses the effects of opiate and opioid drug overdoses. The WVU Law Enforcement Naloxone Project will provide law enforcement agencies with the necessary training and procedures to administer this drug in emergency situations to persons incapacitated from an opioid or opiate overdose.
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WVU CPRC os recruiting for an upcoming study starting during the month of December. We are anticipating a patch study occurring the first three weekends in December and the second, third and fourth weekend in January. Check-in will most likely occur on the first, second and third Friday of December and the second, third and fourth Fridays in January. There is a possibility of two or more returns. Could be compensated $20-$1500 depending on the procedures involved with the study. For more information please contact us at 1-888-991-2772 or email us at wvucprc@hsc.wvu.edu.
HSC faculty offered teaching program
The HSC Faculty Development Program is recruiting for the upcoming class of Longitudinal Scholars beginning Fall 2016.
WV STEPS open house set for Dec. 4
The expanded and improved David and Jo Ann Shaw Center for Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety – WV STEPS – will welcome visitors to an open house from 2:30-4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4. The center is located on the third floor of Health Sciences South.
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.
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.