Announcements
Need to schedule a classroom or other space in the Health Sciences Center?
Space is at a premium throughout the HSC. If you are organizing an event or need space for a meeting or activity, please plan ahead and put in your request as early as possible. Regularly scheduled classes have first priority when there are conflicting requests for space. The HSC Space Planning Committee has recently released an updated Central Room Scheduling Guide.
Public Health Dialogues Speaker Series event happening Oct. 2
Public Health Dialogues will host Colleen Heflin, Ph.D., associate professor and Ph.D. program director at the Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri-Columbia. She will present “The Mediating Effects of SNAP on Health Outcomes for Low-Income Households” at 12:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, in room 1905 of Health Sciences North. Doors open at noon. The series is free and open to the public.
WVCTSI offers educational opportunity - NIH's Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research course
The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute is pleased to announce that the NIH has approved WVCTSI to be a remote site for the course Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research, offered by the NIH Clinical Center.
WVU epidemiologist featured in JAMA Psychiatry
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States – greater even than traffic crashes, but Ian Rockett, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health at West Virginia University, says the problem is bigger. In the latest issue of JAMA Psychiatry, he proposes a way to address it.
NIH funds WVU study of yoga vs. education to calm restless leg syndrome
The National Institutes of Health will support a West Virginia University researcher studying the potential for managing restless leg syndrome using a novel non-pharmacological approach. The project has been awarded $448,524 in research funds.
'Communicating Science and Health' workshop set for Oct. 23
The WVU Health Sciences Center's Office of Interprofessional Education will offer an "Communicating Science and Health: An Interprofessional Workshop for Faculty" Friday, Oct. 23, in room 2940, located on the second floor of HSC North.
WVU Medicine to Host 41st Annual Hal Wanger Family Medicine Conference
The WVU School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine is hosting the 41st Annual Hal Wanger Family Medicine Conference Sept. 24-25, at the Clark K. Sleeth Family Medicine Center at WVU Medicine's University Town Centre, Morgantown.
Seeking healthy participants for paid clinical research!
If you are a healthy male ages 18 or older, or post-menopausal female, a non-smoker/non-tobacco user you could be compensated up to $1200 by participating in an upcoming research study.
Connect with Clay to feature WVU Medicine CEO Albert Wright
WVU Health Sciences Vice President and Executive Dean Clay Marsh, M.D. will host "Connect with Clay," an open forum lunch discussion, from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, in room 1909, located near the Pylons. Special guest Albert Wright, president and CEO of WVU Medicine - WVU Hospitals, will join Dr. Marsh to discuss WVU Medicine, Signature Programs and more.
School of Medicine to host investiture ceremony for Mark Miller, M.D.
Mark D. Miller, M.D., professor of psychiatry, has been named recipient of the Dana L. and Peggy M. Farnsworth Chair in Educational Psychiatry in the WVU School of Medicine