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  • WVU Charleston’s Dr. Jessica Luzier addresses congressional briefing on eating disorders

    Friday, December 1, 2017

    CHARLESTON, WV. (November 30, 2017) — Jessica Luzier, Ph.D., ABPP, an associate professor of behavioral medicine and psychiatry at West Virginia University’s Charleston Division and clinical director of the West Virginia University Disordered Eating Center of Charleston, was a speaker earlier this month at a congressional briefing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC sponsored by the Eating Disorder Coalition (EDC) and the American Dental Association (ADA). Hosted by Senator Shelley Moore Capito [R-WV] in conjunction with her co-hosts Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] and Amy Klobuchar [D-MN], the briefing was titled, “Waiting on CURES: The Role of Health Professionals in Early Detection of Eating Disorders.

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  • Dean Coben to serve on expert panel for DHHR's opioid response plan

    Thursday, November 30, 2017

    WVU School of Public Health Dean Jeffrey Coben, MD, has been invited to serve on expert panel for West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources' opioid response plan. 

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  • WVU ICRC to host suicide prevention experts – Dec. 13

    Thursday, November 30, 2017

    On Wednesday, December 13, the WVU Injury Control Research Center will host two suicide prevention experts from Queensland University of Technology. Professors Gordon Tait and Belinda Carpenter will provide a presentation open to faculty, staff and students.

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  • Donations needed for the Rosenbaum Family House

    Wednesday, November 29, 2017

    WVU faculty, students and staff are invited to give back to the community by contributing items as well as monetary donations to make the necessary purchases for the Rosenbaum Family House.

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  • Health Sciences Innovation Center recognizes incubator companies Dec. 14

    Wednesday, November 29, 2017

    The Health Sciences Innovation Center will hold a year-end reception highlighting incubator companies and celebrating their accomplishments. Students, faculty, and staff are welcome to join for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14 at the WVU Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute atrium.

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