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WVU researchers to spearhead collaborative opioid treatment program in rural counties
Thursday, August 29, 2019
West Virginia University’s expertise on combating the opioid epidemic will be utilized in a federally-funded program targeting seven rural West Virginia counties. The project, supported by a $1 million U.S. Department of Health and Human Services award, aims to strengthen opioid abuse prevention, treatment and recovery services in Calhoun, Gilmer, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Jackson and Tyler counties. -
WVU in the News: American Health Care Is Sick—and its Workers Are Too
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Clay Marsh, M.D., vice president and executive dean for WVU Health Sciences, recently published an observation piece in Scientific American's online publication. Marsh addresses American medical students, physicians and nurses about the state of our healthcare system, how its healthcare workers are sick and why West Virginia is taking a different approach.Read WVU in the News: American Health Care Is Sick—and its Workers Are Too full story
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WVU in the News: Alternative Break in the Amazon: Get to Know Santarém
Thursday, August 29, 2019
In May 2019, current senior Sierra Viands, an exercise physiology major, traveled to Brazil to serve and learn with Amizade as part of a group from West Virginia University. She loved her time in Santarém, and she shared a few reasons why the experience was so special to her in an interview with Amizade.Read WVU in the News: Alternative Break in the Amazon: Get to Know Santarém full story
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WVU Cancer Institute achieves radiation oncology accreditation
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
The WVU Cancer Institute has demonstrated compliance with the standards of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Accreditation Program for Excellence (APEx®) and has become the first Radiation Oncology Department in the state to receive four-year accreditation.Read WVU Cancer Institute achieves radiation oncology accreditation full story
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Health care providers can learn latest trends in technology and patient care during the WVU School of Medicine’s Hal Wanger Family Medicine Conference
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
The West Virginia University School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine will host the 45th Annual Hal Wanger Family Medicine Conference, Thursday, Oct. 3 – Friday, Oct. 4, at the Morgantown Holiday Inn on Pineview Drive. The conference will address a more than 24 topics of interest to family physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers. Some topics include rheumatology arthritis, leading an end of life discussion, HIV education to primary health care practitioners, migraine therapy and cardiovascular effects of diabetes drugs.