Announcements
Clients of WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities benefit from West Virginia State University fundraiser
“Culture for Service and Service for Humanity,” the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity’s motto, was recently put into action when the Alpha Theta Chapter of West Virginia State University made a contribution to the We Still Care Package project.
New York Yankees player helps fight cancer at WVU Cancer Center
New York Yankees reliever David Carpenter is going to bat to benefit patients at the West Virginia University Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center.
WVU School of Medicine honor society serves community, inducts new members
On Friday, March 27, the West Virginia Alpha Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society inducted 15 students and several residents, faculty, and alumni.
Lockman tapped to lead investigator development initiatives with West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Julie Lockman, Ph.D., has been named research pathfinder with the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI).
Public Health Dialogues to host two events in April
The West Virginia University School of Public Health’s Public Health Dialogues Speaker Series will conclude for the spring semester with two sessions in April. Helen Matheny, director of the West Virginia Alzheimer’s Outreach and Registry Program in the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, will speak on “Why You Should Care about ‘Still Alice’ and the Five Million Other Americans Living with Alzheimer’s Disease” on Wednesday, April 1 in Room 1905 of the WVU Health Sciences Center.
WVU Pharmacy professor receives national award
Gretchen K. Garofoli, Pharm.D., clinical assistant professor in the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy Department of Clinical Pharmacy, has been selected as the recipient of the American Pharmacists Association’s 2015 Distinguished New Practitioner award.
Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Pharmacy programs collaborate to create rural health initiative
An interprofessional project that will help older adults in rural communities receive fall risk screening and education is moving forward, thanks to a $25,000 Health Sciences Program grant.
WVU medical students meet their match
For four years, students at the WVU School of Medicine have worked toward Match Day – the day they learn where they will spend the next several years as resident-physicians. WVU medical students, as well as those throughout the nation, participated in the complex process that matches graduating medical students’ preferences with program preferences.
WVU School of Medicine students to receive white coats March 21
On March 21, the School of Medicine will hold its annual John W. Traubert White Coat Ceremony, during which the 102 students in the class will be presented with their white coats.
WVU School of Medicine faculty member receives Fulbright Award
Anne Swisher, P.T., Ph.D., professor of physical therapy at the West Virginia University School of Medicine has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland, during the 2015-2016 academic year, the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently.