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  • Important Accessibility Information for Faculty

    Wednesday, November 6, 2019

    WVU’s Office of Accessibility Services' new database Student Accommodation Management for Mountaineers (SAMM) is now available online, providing faculty members with easier access to information about the disability accommodations authorized in their classes.

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  • WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute first in U.S. to use deep brain stimulation to fight opioid addiction

    Tuesday, November 5, 2019

    The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and WVU Medicine, today (Nov. 5) announced the launch of a first-in-the-U.S. clinical trial using deep brain stimulation for patients suffering from treatment-resistant opioid use disorder. 

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  • WVU in the News: Dr. Umer Najib recognized by American Academy of Neurology

    Monday, November 4, 2019

    Umer Najib, M.D., an assistant professor and program director of the Headache Medicine Fellowship program at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital and the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute was recently featured in the October 2019 edition of the American Academy of Neurology newsletter.

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  • WVU Cancer Institute Annual Meeting and Hardesty Lecture

    Friday, November 1, 2019

    The WVU Cancer Institute (WVUCI) is sponsoring the second Annual WVUCI Scientific Meeting on Nov. 22, 2019, at the Erickson Alumni Center. This is a half-day event with scientific sessions that include outside speakers, as well as reports from selected WVUCI faculty members highlighting their basic, clinical and population research. 

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  • Free Dual Opioid Training Sessions Available

    Thursday, October 31, 2019

    For area healthcare and social workers, physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners battling the opioid epidemic:, a free dual course is available Nov. 15, 2019, at the United Hospital Center.

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