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  • How domestic violence impacts healthcare

    Tuesday, February 13, 2018

    Of the Mindful Physician, an organization for medical students focusing on the impact that arts and humanities have on healthcare, is hosting a community event discussing the intersection of domestic violence and healthcare from multiple perspectives: physician, researcher, rape counselor, survivor and martial arts instructors.

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  • WVU Festival of Ideas to host panel of six opioid crisis experts

    Monday, February 12, 2018

    Six experts on the state’s opioid crisis will take part in a panel discussion Feb. 20 in the Charleston Civic Center Little Theater as part of West Virginia University’s Festival of Ideas. “Understanding the Opioid Epidemic” starts at 7:30 p.m., and is co-sponsored by The Charleston Gazette-Mail. 

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  • Registration now open for the 2018 Community Leadership Academy

    Monday, February 12, 2018

    Online registration is open for the 2018 Community Leadership Academy!  Join the Community Leadership Academy April 11-13 at Marriott Morgantown at Waterfront Place in Morgantown, WV. The Community Leadership Academy (CLA) helps emerging and established leaders develop their leadership skills. For more details about the 2018 Community Leadership Academy, please contact:  Community Leadership Academy Director, Kelly Nix, Ph.D, at 304-293-8680.

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  • WVU medical student selected as 2018 Paul Ambrose Scholar

    Monday, February 12, 2018

    As a budding medical student, making an impact in the lives of patients is paramount to a successful and fulfilling career.

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  • Ask the Experts: Preventing Childhood Obesity - March 1

    Monday, February 12, 2018

    On March 1, from 2-3:30 p.m., the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) will host an Ask the Experts virtual session on preventing childhood obesity. Expert panelists from Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, West Virginia Bureau for Public Health, West Virginia Prevention Research Center and the CDC Division of Population Health will address the intersection of community based research, policy development and program implementation to prevent childhood obesity.

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