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• WVU in the news: WVU tackles opioid crisis with clinical trial of injectable non-opioid micropellets to treat sciatica pain

  

  Tuesday, January 8, 2019

  West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute is leading the nation in exploring a way to treat chronic pain without opioids.

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• WVU in the news: 100 hospitals and health systems with great neurosurgery and spine programs

  

  Tuesday, January 8, 2019

  Becker's Healthcare named the following organizations to the 2018 edition of its list "100 hospitals and health systems with great neurosurgery and spine programs."

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• WVU researchers find telemedicine may increase patients’ satisfaction with their medical care

  

  Monday, January 7, 2019

  Cardiovascular disease pervades Appalachia, yet many Appalachians live far from any heart and vascular specialist. Follow-up doctor’s visits in the weeks after cardiovascular surgery can involve hours-long drives down narrow, winding roads.

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• Lori Hazlehurst named as WVU Cancer Institute Associate Director

  

  Sunday, January 6, 2019

  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Lori Hazlehurst, Ph.D., Professor (WVU School of Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical Sciences and Co-Leader of the WVU Cancer Institute Research Program the Alexander B. Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation Program, has been named as the Associate Director for Basic Research at the WVU Cancer Institute.  In this role, she will work closely with Dr. Richard Goldberg, Institute Director, and the leadership team of the WVU Cancer Institute to implement strategic goals to increase the impact of basic and translational cancer research at WVU. The primary strategy is to increase the number of NIH funded investigators focused on cancer research at WVU

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• WVU in the news: Team responsible for Alzheimer's breakthrough is named NCWV Media 'West Virginian of the year'

  

  Friday, January 4, 2019

  Wright: 'Real problems are being solved in Morgantown, West Virginia'

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