New faculty members invited to attend networking session April 1
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.
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Sigma Theta Tau Alpha Rho Chapter Lunch & Learn
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.
School of Medicine presents series on Humanism in Medicine
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.
President Gee to be featured in next 'Connect with Clay' speaker session Feb. 17
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.
Food Access: A Dialogue Between Research Groups
The event will take place on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 in the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center North, Fukushima Auditorium, 10 am to Noon with a Reception to Follow.
American Nurses Foundation announces Nursing Research Grants
The American Nurses Foundation would like to announce the opening of the 2016 Nursing Research Grant cycle.
Right Patient, Right Care, Right Time
If there’s one color Malene Davis does not like, it’s beige.
Bennett to retire after 42 years; leader says she’ll miss her ‘second family’
“When you examine the scope of her career, it’s the kind of career anyone would want to aspire to and want to emulate,” said WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals President and CEO Albert L. Wright, Jr.
State Health Commissioner to Speak at WVU
The Health Disparities Working Group at West Virginia University is pleased to announce the start of their spring seminar series. The seminar series kickoff event will take place on Tuesday, February 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Barnett Board Room of the Erickson Alumni Center. We are pleased to welcome Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, FACP, commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services Bureau for Public Health, who will speak about health disparities in West Virginia and how the WVU community and WV Bureau for Public Health can positively impact the situation. This event is open to all those interested in health disparities research. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served. Please RSVP for this event here. Future seminar dates include March 1, April 5, and May 3. Additional information will be provided closer to those dates. For additional information or if you have any questions, please contact Brandi Talkington at bnsnyder@hsc.wvu.edu or 304-581-1959.
WVU Occupational Medicine resident joins FDA safety panel
A WVU Occupational Medicine resident has been selected to help the Food and Drug Administration determine whether or not certain medical devices are safe for use. Yusef Sayeed, M.D., M.P.H., was chosen by the FDA to serve as a consumer representative on the Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee.