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WVU in the News: Pancreatic cancer survival rate stalls at 13% for third straight year
Monday, February 9, 2026
The five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer has remained at only 13% for the third consecutive year, according to the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts & Figures released in January. -
WVU in the News: WVU Cancer Institute becomes first in state to offer new cancer therapy
Monday, February 9, 2026
The WVU Cancer Institute in Morgantown is now the first healthcare facility in the state to offer a newly regulated cancer therapy, Inlexzo. Inlexzo is a therapy used for patients diagnosed with high-risk, aggressive bladder cancer. The pretzel-shaped therapy is inserted into the bladder and works as a temporary system that directs chemotherapy straight to the bladder, which allows the medication to stay in place for an extended period of time. -
WVU in the News: WVU Medicine opens new Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute in Wheeling
Monday, February 9, 2026
WVU Medicine has officially opened the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute at The Highlands, marking a significant advancement in healthcare for the Northern Panhandle. The new location features significantly more space than the former office at Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia. It is now home to the neurology department, while neurosurgery will remain at the hospital. Douglass Harrison, president and CEO of WVU Medicine North Region, and Dr. David Watson, vice chairman of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute attended the ribbon cutting. -
A WVU love story with health care education mission
Monday, February 9, 2026
West Virginia University associate professor Miriam Leary, along with her colleagues in WVU Exercise Physiology, help students turn a passion for movement into a purpose in health care — with hands-on learning and close mentorship from the start.Read A WVU love story with health care education mission full story
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WVU in the News: Robotic cardiac surgery building momentum thanks to RAVR, other breakthroughs
Monday, February 2, 2026
Robotic aortic valve replacement (RAVR), a robotics-assisted alternative to transcatheter aortic valve replacement and surgery, are one of the biggest breakthroughs in robotic cardiac surgery. Cited research by Vinay Badhwar, MD, executive chair of the West Virginia University (WVU) Heart and Vascular Institute and the next president of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, is a major reason for RAVR’s rise. Badhwar developed a RAVR technique that is now being adopted by care teams in the United States and abroad. In addition, he and his colleagues at WVU now host an annual RAVR symposium focused on educating surgeons and cardiologists alike about the procedure.
