Unit News

• Cancer Institute and WVU Medicine to host Relay For Life Kickoff Rally

  

  Tuesday, February 6, 2018

  WVU Cancer Institute and WVU Medicine will host a Relay For Life Kickoff Rally on March 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center Atrium. The event is an opportunity for faculty, staff and students to learn about the American Cancer Society (ACS) Monongalia County Relay for Life in June and meet WVU Medicine Relay For Life ambassadors and ACS members while enjoying games and snacks. Rally participants will also be able to register their teams online and obtain fundraising information.

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• WVU’s Brumage named new director of state Office of Drug Control Policy

  

  Monday, February 5, 2018

  Dr. Michael Brumage, assistant dean for public health practice and service at the West Virginia University School of Public Health, will lead the effort against West Virginia’s opioid drug crisis.

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• Feb. 21 panel event to address "The Realities of Being a Minority Student at a PWI"

  

  Friday, February 2, 2018

  The Office of Equity Assurance (Title IX) students, faculty and staff to an informal panel discussion entitled: "The Realities of Being a Minority Student at a PWI." The event will take place on Wednesday, February 21 from 5–7 p.m. in G20 Ming Hsieh.

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• WVCTSI announces 3 spring funding opportunities

  Friday, February 2, 2018

  The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) has released requests for applications (RFA) for the Collaborative,  Launch Pilot Grant, and Small Grant funding opportunities.

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• WVU Charleston Cystic Fibrosis Center Receives National Recognition

  

  Thursday, February 1, 2018

  West Virginia University Charleston’s Cystic Fibrosis Center was recognized by the CF Foundation at its National conference for its partnership with the local Kentucky/West Virginia CF Chapter to support the shared mission, as well as for its exemplary model of collaboration between multiple entities to provide comprehensive care services for patients with Cystic Fibrosis.

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