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  • 2019 IPE week will take place March 18-22

    Friday, March 8, 2019

    The Office of Interprofessional Education 2019 IPE week will take place from Mar. 18 - 22. The theme for this year’s event is Team and Teamwork.

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  • WVU School of Dentistry takes tobacco cessation efforts on the road

    Tuesday, March 5, 2019

    During the recent 2019 West Virginia legislative session, Senate Bill 348 was voted down in the House Health Committee. The bill would have raised the legal age to use tobacco in West Virginia to 21. At the WVU School of Dentistry, faculty responds.

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  • WVU in the News: WVU Medicine hosts grand opening for Center for Hope and Healing

    Tuesday, March 5, 2019

    WVU Medicine and the WVU Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry held a grand opening on Mar. 1 for the new WVU Medicine Center for Hope and Healing. The 29,305-square-foot addiction treatment facility offers 12 beds for subacute medically managed withdrawal residential care and 30 beds for residential care up to 28 days.

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  • WVU researchers pursue blood test for colorectal cancer

    Monday, March 4, 2019

    Researchers at the West Virginia University Cancer Institute are evaluating a first-of-its-kind blood test for detecting colorectal cancer. Their findings may help propel the test toward inclusion in the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s recommendations for colorectal cancer screening.  

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  • WVU in the News: WVU expert participates in subcommittee hearing

    Monday, March 4, 2019

    WASHINGTON, D.C.-(WTAP) A Senate subcommittee hearing examining the opioid epidemic featured an expert from West Virginia University on addiction.

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