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  • Charlton named recipient of 2019 Buck Harless Bridge Builder Legacy Award

    Monday, May 6, 2019

    Judie Charlton, MD, professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at West Virginia University, has been named recipient of this year’s Buck Harless Bridge Builder Legacy Award.

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  • Meet our grads: Sylwia Brooks

    Friday, May 3, 2019

    Major: MD/PhD (Medicine/Neuroscience)

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  • Meet our grads: Lance Hare

    Thursday, May 2, 2019

    I first started when I was 21 as a nutrition major, but I got to a point where I didn’t feel like I wanted to be a registered dietician anymore, so I decided to drop out and go back to the drawing board. I went back to working retail as a full-time manager, and after a while I thought, “Hey, WVU has an exercise physiology program—that might be worth looking into.” And so I did. While researching what I could do with the degree, I was thinking that this would be a cool stepping stone to get my feet wet in medicine for PA school. I came back to WVU at 25, which was just over two years ago.

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  • Meet our grads: Quintin Brubaker

    Thursday, May 2, 2019

    While I was working in EMS in rural communities in Virginia, I really recognized how much healthcare and primary care needs were being unmet, and I wanted to help the people in those communities stay well, rather than be the emergency responder who shows up when things have already gone wrong.

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  • WVU in the News: National Guard medic proves guardian angel after auto accident

    Wednesday, May 1, 2019

    PARKERSBURG — Being at the right place at the right time with the right training can make the difference between life and death.

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