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Surgery Grand Rounds: Improving survival from the active shooter
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
The Department of Surgery will host Alexander L. Eastman, MD, MPH, FACS, FAEMS, for an upcoming Grand Round on Wednesday, Oct. 17, from 8 – 9 a.m. in the Okey Patteson Auditorium.Read Surgery Grand Rounds: Improving survival from the active shooter full story
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Community-based research town hall
Thursday, October 11, 2018
WVCTSI and the WVU Mountaineer Health Initiative are co-sponsoring a town hall meeting to highlight research taking place across the state. “Conversation and Collaboration: WVU Community-Based Researchers and Outreach Staff Making a Difference,” offers attendees the chance to learn about the range of community engaged research and outreach across the state, meet colleagues engaged in similar work, identify common issues, and ascertain better ways to support each other in the field. -
WVU researcher explores how an immune system problem may sabotage depression treatment
Thursday, October 11, 2018
A West Virginia University researcher is investigating how a type of white blood cell that makes antibodies, called a B cell, may influence whether depressed patients respond well to pharmacological treatment. -
NIH awards WVU $11.2 million for interdisciplinary cancer research
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
West Virginia University’s School of Pharmacy will soon become one of the few pharmacy schools in the nation that leads a center of biomedical research excellence. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, these centers support interdisciplinary, thematically related research into preventing, diagnosing and treating health problems.Read NIH awards WVU $11.2 million for interdisciplinary cancer research full story
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WVU researcher delves into cardiovascular effects of vaping
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Vaping has surpassed all other forms of tobacco use in middle- and high-schoolers. New research led by Mark Olfert, an associate professor in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, suggests if teenagers continue to vape into adulthood, the cardiovascular effects may, by some measures, be as dire as if they’d smoked cigarettes.Read WVU researcher delves into cardiovascular effects of vaping full story