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WVU partners with DTE Energy Foundation to establish West Virginia’s first EMS physician response team, save lives in rural areas
Thursday, July 23, 2020
A new pilot project launched by the West Virginia University School of Medicine in partnership with the DTE Energy Foundation will deploy physicians to respond to emergencies in rural areas of West Virginia, improving access to – and quality of – emergency care to save lives statewide. -
New center for neuroscience research brings together faculty, students across WVU
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Just as nerve cells don’t work in isolation when we think, speak or move, scientists don’t work alone when they study the nervous system. A new center at West Virginia University—the Center for Foundational Neuroscience Research and Education—will help researchers from different departments collaborate in a similar way. By teaming up, the researchers will use their unique skillsets and backgrounds to make neuroscience discoveries that might take much longer otherwise.Read New center for neuroscience research brings together faculty, students across WVU full story
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WVU alum appointed as State Health Officer
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
In her new role, WVU School of Public Health alum Dr. Ayne Amjad will take the work she’s already been doing in southern West Virginia and apply it statewide -
WVU pediatricians urge vaccinations, well-child visits during COVID-19 pandemic
Monday, July 20, 2020
Even during the COVID-19 global pandemic, West Virginia University pediatricians Dr. Lisa Costello and Dr. Kathryn S. Moffett recommend parents and caregivers continue their children’s routine well child visits to screen for health and development and immunizations to prevent outbreaks of more common diseases.Read WVU pediatricians urge vaccinations, well-child visits during COVID-19 pandemic full story
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WVU launches fundraising campaign to aid underrepresented students
Monday, July 20, 2020
Historic and systemic obstacles, made more pressing by the COVID-19 pandemic, mean current and prospective students from underrepresented groups often need financial help to start or continue their education at West Virginia University. The WVU Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise scholarship support for students from these groups.Read WVU launches fundraising campaign to aid underrepresented students full story