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WVU Nursing’s Dr. Jennifer A. Mallow named one of 12 RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholars for 2014

Jennifer A. Mallow, Ph.D., R.N., an assistant professor at the West Virginia University School of Nursing and research scholar with the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI), is one of just 12 nursing educators from across the country to win a prestigious grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Nurse Faculty Scholars program this year.

WVU to host 40th Annual Hal Wanger Family Medicine Conference

The West Virginia University School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine and the WVU schools of Dentistry, Nursing, and Pharmacy are teaming up to host the 40th Annual Hal Wanger Family Medicine Conference Sept. 18-20 at Lakeview Golf Resort and Spa in Morgantown.

WVU stroke innovation at heart of new biotech firm

A simple, yet revolutionary diagnostic method for stroke detection developed at West Virginia University may soon provide point-of-care clinicians a rapid, accurate, and cost-efficient method for determining the cause and best treatment options for a stroke. The diagnostic technology has been licensed from WVU by CereDx, a Morgantown-based biotech corporation focused on advancing the treatment of brain injury. CereDx was founded by West Virginia natives Taura Barr, R.N., Ph.D., and Richard Giersch.

WVU nurse is national leader in stroke research

The American Heart Association (AHA) has appointed Taura Barr, Ph.D., R.N., assistant professor in the West Virginia University School of Nursing and research scholar in the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI), as vice chair of its Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing.