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  • WVU fellow receives first Post-Doctoral Association research grant

    Thursday, March 1, 2018

    Career development for biomedical postdoctoral researchers at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center is a priority to further the research mission of better health. In support of this, the Office of Research and Graduate Education provides internal grant opportunities for postdoctoral investigators who want to significantly advance their research capacity and propel their development and advancement within the research community.

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  • Virginia interprofessional Summit for Addiction Education set for March 29 in Charlottesville

    Thursday, March 1, 2018

    The first Virginia Interprofessional Summit for Addiction Education will kick off on Thursday, March 29, in in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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  • Marsh to speak at South by Southwest Conference in Texas

    Wednesday, February 28, 2018

    Clay B. Marsh, M.D., WVU vice president and executive dean for health sciences, will be one of four panelists discussing “Hacking the Opioid Epidemic: How Behavioral Science Can Help Us Combat America’s Most Pressing Health Crisis,” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. March 13 in the Austin Convention Center.

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  • Public Health professor offers Charleston community solutions to teen substance abuse

    Friday, February 23, 2018

    Dr. Alfgeir Kristjansson, an assistant professor in the WVU School of Public Health, will lead three community sessions in Kanawha County on Monday, Feb. 26, focused on evidence-based, effective solutions to curbing teen substance abuse. 

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  • WVU in the News: Is OxyContin Losing Its Luster?

    Thursday, February 22, 2018

    Patrick Marshalek, MD, addiction specialist and co-director of WVU Medicine's Integrative Pain Management Clinic offers insight on Purdue Pharmaceuticals' recent decision to stop marketing prescription opioid OxyContin to doctors in the United States. 

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