WVU Art in the Libraries, in collaboration with the WVU Health Sciences Center, is seeking visual artists in the healthcare field working at WVU and WVU Medicine to participate in a group exhibition to take place in the fall of 2018 in the WVU Health Sciences Library.
WVU Benefits Administration is hosting a Benefits Information Table at the Health Sciences Center in HR, G211-B on Wednesday, April 25 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Nurses who want to pursue leadership positions in various healthcare settings are invited to attend an informational webinar on Wednesday, April 18, for the WVU School of Nursing's dual MSN/MBA degree program.
WVCTSI will begin a new four-part Clinical and Translational Research Seminar Series focusing on clinical trials. During the first installment in this new series, Tanya Moran, MS, WVCTSI senior quality assurance and auditing manager, and Shelley Welch, RN, MSHS, CCRC, WVCTSI clinical research services manager, will present “Clinical Trial Data: Good Documentation Practices.”
The free summer camp is for children of cancer patients. Nurse volunteers are needed for the program.
An investiture ceremony will be held on Monday at 4 p.m. in the Pylons Lobby of the WVU Health Sciences Center.
WVCTSI has announced the formation of an intensive writing group designed for investigators interested in developing National Institutes of Health (NIH) R03 applications.
WVU Cancer Institute and WVU Medicine faculty, staff and students are gearing up for the 2018 American Cancer Society Monongalia County Relay For Life in June. During a Relay rally this past Friday in the Cancer Center Atrium, Cancer Institute Director Rich Goldberg, MD, told rally participants that the Cancer Institute has had a great relationship with the American Cancer Society over the years. “The ACS has provided services to our patients and funding to support our cancer research,” Dr. Goldberg said. He urged rally participants to join him in walking around the track at the Relay on June 8-9 at Westwood Middle School in Morgantown and asked that they recruit others to participate. Mary Lough of the ACS presented Dr. Goldberg a crystal award for the Cancer Institute’s presenting sponsorship of last year’s Relay. Roger Williams and Lisa Keller of the inpatient pharmacy at Ruby Memorial received a ruby slippers award from Relay For Life Event Ambassador Dave Staten. Their Ruby Slippers team raised $5,000 for the 2017 Relay, the most raised by any Relay team in Monongalia County.
This six-week series equips participants with the tools to effectively relieve stress while enhancing one's capacity to find focus and build resilience.
The Southern Obesity Summit (SOS) is set for October 22-24, 2018, at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, WV. The Planning Committee invites individual applications for sessions during the summit. Proposal deadline is April 2.