Ever find a tick on your dog? You probably know these creepy crawlers can spread diseases like Lyme disease, an infection that is increasing across West Virginia. Checking your dogs for ticks can greatly reduce the risk of tick-borne diseases in your canine friend and members of your household.
The Women In Science & Health Committee is sponsoring an advanced career and mid-career award to recognize outstanding achievements by women at the Health Sciences Center. Recommendations from trainees or students from all health sciences schools are encouraged.
The Public Health Dialogues Speaker Series will host John Courtney, PhD, Executive Officer of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN). Dr. Courtney will discuss how the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) has become the central resource where policymakers, government funders, and thought leaders go to get the latest information on nutrition research and practice.
The Vice President Awards for Outstanding Achievement are requesting nominations for 2016. These awards aim to honor faculty and staff who have been recognized by their peers for outstanding accomplishment throughout all areas and schools within the Health Sciences center.
The goal is to identify how nurses and nurse practitioners at a non-VA community facility are providing care to those who have served in the military, and to have nurses and nurse practitioners describe challenges they have faced in providing care to that population.
WVU Men’s Basketball Coach Bob Huggins is looking to Mountaineer fans for their support to help him win $100,000 for the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Endowment at the WVU Cancer Institute.
Faculty members employed from July 2014 are invited to a new networking and engagement session at the Waterfront Hotel Friday, April 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sigma Theta Tau Alpha Rho Chapter will present a lunch learn featuring a presentation by Dr. Georgia Narsavage, Director of Interprofessional Education, WVU Health Sciences.
The Gold Humanism Honor Society has organized an outstanding group of speakers for the annual Gold Humanism Week lecture series beginning Monday, Feb. 15. Topics include hospitality, empathy and gratitude in medicine, creative writing and pain addiction.
West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee will be featured as the next speaker in "Connect with Clay," an open forum lunch discussion series hosted by WVU Health Sciences Vice President and Executive Dean Clay Marsh, M.D.