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Q&A: The Opioid Epidemic and Viral Hepatitis in Appalachia
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Judith Feinberg has a joint appointment in the West Virginia University School of Medicine as a professor of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry and Medicine/Infectious Diseases. She is the Vice Chair of the HIV Medicine Association and a nationally-recognized expert on the opioid epidemic in West Virginia, Appalachia and rural America.Read Q&A: The Opioid Epidemic and Viral Hepatitis in Appalachia full story
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WVU researchers identify four factors that predict chronic opioid use
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Four factors increase the odds that a patient will wind up on chronic opioid therapy, suggests research conducted by a team of researchers led by Nilanjana Dwibedi, assistant professor in the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy.Read WVU researchers identify four factors that predict chronic opioid use full story
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Photo exhibit documenting “unseen” parts of community opens May 31
Thursday, May 24, 2018
“Unseen Morgantown” is a photovoice project produced by WVU’s Injury Control Research Center (ICRC) and Milan Puskar Health Right.Read Photo exhibit documenting “unseen” parts of community opens May 31 full story
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WVU remembers former internationally renowned cardiothoracic surgeon and chair of the Department of Surgery
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Gordon F. Murray, M.D., joined the West Virginia University School of Medicine in 1985 as division chief of cardiothoracic surgery and rose to lead the Department of Surgery as chair from 1987 to 1998. After a prolonged illness, he passed away with his family at his side on May 21, 2018. -
WVU researcher’s work stresses importance of suicidality in drug-related deaths
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
While the opioid epidemic is gaining significant media attention, a West Virginia University epidemiologist is working to shed light on another devastating national injury epidemic.Read WVU researcher’s work stresses importance of suicidality in drug-related deaths full story