Free Six-Week 'Mindful Steps to Stress Less' Series Starts March 26
This six-week series equips participants with the tools to effectively relieve stress while enhancing one's capacity to find focus and build resilience.
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12th Annual Southern Obesity Summit call for proposals - Deadline April 2
The Southern Obesity Summit (SOS) is set for October 22-24, 2018, at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, WV. The Planning Committee invites individual applications for sessions during the summit. Proposal deadline is April 2.
WVU Cancer Institute participates in groundbreaking study on new cancer drug
The WVU Cancer Institute is one of several sites nationwide that participated in a groundbreaking clinical research study of a novel drug proven very effective in the treatment of pediatric and adult cancers that carry a specific genetic mutation.
Science advocate, author to speak at WVU
Paul A. Offit, M.D., a physician-scientist who is an expert in infectious diseases, immunology, virology and vaccine and the founding director of the Autism Science Foundation, will speak on “Scientific Misadventures: Learning from the Past,” at noon, Friday, March 23 in the Patteson Auditorium at WVU’s Health Sciences Center.
Of the Mindful Physician host discussion of role of physical, occupational therapy in living with pain
Of the Mindful Physician, an M.D. student organization studying the interaction between medicine and arts and humanities, will host a discussion on the role of physical therapy and occupational therapy in helping patients live with pain on Tuesday, March 22 from 5-6 p.m. in 2118 HSC North.
Health in West Virginia: The Next 150 Years
West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee will join Health Sciences Vice President and Executive Dean Clay Marsh, M.D., and WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals President and CEO Albert L. Wright Jr., at a Health Sciences Town Hall on Wed., March 28 at noon in Okey Patteson Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
Showcase your innovation, design or idea for a new venture
WVU’s Demo Day is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff from across WVU’s IDEA Ecosystem to demonstrate their work in innovation, entrepreneurship and design. Register online through March 21.
Virginia interprofessional Summit for Addiction Education set for March 29 in Charlottesville
The first Virginia Interprofessional Summit for Addiction Education will kick off on Thursday, March 29, in in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Public Health professor offers Charleston community solutions to teen substance abuse
Dr. Alfgeir Kristjansson, an assistant professor in the WVU School of Public Health, will lead three community sessions in Kanawha County on Monday, Feb. 26, focused on evidence-based, effective solutions to curbing teen substance abuse.
WVU doctors and nurses work together to get tonsillectomy patients home faster
After having their tonsils removed, patients often can’t leave the hospital for six hours, even if they bounce back from surgery sooner. Hospital policy commonly mandates a six-hour recovery time. But research led by Habib Zalzal, M.D., a resident in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, suggests that not all tonsillectomy patients have to wait that long.