Announcements
Gold Humanism Honor Society offers lecture series with lunch included
WVU's GHHS will offer noon lectures as part of the Gold Humanism Week Feb. 16-20. Lunch will be served to the first 50 guests.
WVU and Marshall University Schools of Medicine team up to host Gold Humanism Educational Summit
For the second consecutive year, in a collaborative effort to spotlight compassionate and respectful health care, students with the WVU and Marshall University Schools of Medicine are hosting the Gold Humanism Educational Summit at the Culture Center in Charleston beginning at 1 p.m., Friday, Feb. 13.
Wellsburg couple endows WVU School of Dentistry scholarship
David G. Edwards, D.D.S., a 1973 graduate of the West Virginia University School of Dentistry, and his wife, Linda S. Edwards, of Wellsburg, W.Va., have endowed the Dr. David G. Edwards Dental Scholarship Fund to benefit students in the School’s Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) program.
HAPTIX program pioneers new prosthetic technology
Researchers at the West Virginia University Center for Neuroscience are developing a new approach to prosthetics that could offer amputees an artificial hand that feels and responds like a real hand.
WVU School of Pharmacy dean to retire
Patricia Chase, Ph.D., dean of the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, has announced her intention to step down as dean later this year and retire from the University in 2016.
Foundations of Wellness textbook presents mindful approach to wellness
Bill Reger-Nash, Ed.D., professor emeritus in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, published Foundations of Wellness, a text for university health and wellness courses. The book was released January 8 by Human Kinetics.
Public Health Dialogues to host climate change panel discussion
Robert Duval, Ph.D., interim chair of the West Virginia University Department of Health Policy, Management, and Leadership, will moderate a panel discussion on climate change and population health on Friday, Feb. 6 at the WVU Health Sciences Center’s Okey Patteson Auditorium.
WVU Healthcare’s Sleeth Family Medicine Center earns national recognition for patient-centered care
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has announced that WVU Healthcare’s Clark K. Sleeth Family Medicine Center has received NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition for using evidence-based, patient-centered processes that focus on highly coordinated care and long‐term, participative relationships.
$1.5M WVU Eye Institute grant to address glaucoma in the Caribbean
Anthony Realini, M.D., M.P.H., a glaucoma specialist in the West Virginia University Eye Institute, has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Eye Institute to conduct a five-year study aimed at finding better ways to address the problem of glaucoma on the Caribbean islands of Dominica and St. Lucia.
WVU Family Medicine residents focus on reaffirming humanity
The process may start with providing basics, such as socks and a sleeping bag. A group of West Virginia University Department of Family Medicine residents offer these necessities to homeless patients who come seeking treatment at Ruby Memorial Hospital. But the true gifts are listening ears, trustworthy advice, and the reaffirmation of humanity – all wrapped into the package of inpatient care for the homeless population.