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David R. Holmes Jr., MD, is first annual Glenn and Ann Hiner Visiting Professor
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to a special Grand Rounds lecture on Monday, Jan. 22, at 8 a.m. in Fukushima Auditorium at the WVU Health Sciences Center.Read David R. Holmes Jr., MD, is first annual Glenn and Ann Hiner Visiting Professor full story
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Our physicians are our patients, too: WVU Medicine urologist battles brain inflammation
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
WVU Medicine urologist Adam Luchey, MD, was on vacation with his family in South Carolina when he began to experience symptoms of a rare brain inflammation called acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM). -
WVU works with Kuwait University’s Faculty of Medicine on new international accreditation standards
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
West Virginia University efforts to assist global communities in improving healthcare date back many years. For the past two decades, Kuwaiti students have been coming to the WVU Schools of Dentistry and, more recently, Medicine to learn skills necessary to care for patients in their native country. In addition to preparing highly qualified physicians and dentists to meet the health needs in Kuwait, WVU has benefitted from the cultural infusion of Kuwaiti students. -
WVU researcher uses photography to analyze food access among rural seniors
Friday, January 12, 2018
Lauri Andress, an assistant professor in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, is working to disrupt the current model for how seniors in rural Appalachia access healthy food.Read WVU researcher uses photography to analyze food access among rural seniors full story
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New study led by public health researcher finds ‘suicides by drugs’ profoundly undercounted in the United States
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the suicide rate in the United States increased by 34 percent between 2000 and 2016. While that rate is high, a team of researchers led by SPH faculty member Ian Rockett believes it is seriously underestimated.