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Festival of Ideas presents ‘Opioid Crisis in America’ with Dr. Petros Levounis
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Join Dr. Petros Levounis as he discusses the opioid crisis of the 21st century. The opioid crisis can be traced back to the 1980s when a catastrophic medical mistake opened the door to liberal prescribing of narcotics. The perfect storm of powerful molecules, complex brain physiology, and an over-aggressive pharmaceutical industry, which capitalized on that original error, lead to the current epidemic.Read Festival of Ideas presents ‘Opioid Crisis in America’ with Dr. Petros Levounis full story
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Help bring PAL® to WVU Medicine Children's
Thursday, August 10, 2017
A fundraising effort has been established by the West Virginia University music therapy program with the goal of raising at least $5,000 to support the purchase of one PAL® unit and 20 sensors and provide help for approximately 60 infants in the WVU Medicine Children's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). -
Dr. Stanley Zaslau to lead School of Medicine’s Department of Urology
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
The West Virginia University School of Medicine has named Stanley Zaslau, M.D. as chair of the newly-established Department of Urology, effective August 1.Read Dr. Stanley Zaslau to lead School of Medicine’s Department of Urology full story
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WVU Medicine Urology ranked 26th nationally by U.S. News & World Report
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
For the first time in the health system’s history, a WVU Medicine program is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report. The magazine ranked WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals Urology 26th in the nation.Read WVU Medicine Urology ranked 26th nationally by U.S. News & World Report full story
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WVU offers one of only six programs in the nation for Predoctoral Training at the Interface of the Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences.
Friday, August 4, 2017
West Virginia University is committed to training the next generation of health researchers who work at the interface of behavioral and biomedical sciences. Through its Research Training Program in Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences (BBS), supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, WVU sponsors six student traineeships each year. The program is supported by one of only six training awards throughout the nation. One of the main challenges of this training program is to bridge scientific and cultural differences between disciplines.