Fisher Lecture to explore ending-life decisions
Health care legal scholar Mary Crossley will deliver the annual John W. Fisher II Lecture in Law and Medicine at WVU Law on February 10 at 12 p.m. in the college’s Event Hall.
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Free screening event celebrates American Heart Month
Tell your sister, your mother, your daughter, and your girlfriends — it’s time for women to love their hearts. The Seventh Annual Women Love Your Heart screening event will take place 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 4 at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute at Suncrest Towne Center.
Marsh, Wright to look forward to 2017
Join these leaders for a discussion on Wednesday at noon in Room 1909 Health Sciences South.
WVU School of Nursing teams with community to offer free diabetes education
Diabetes is a chronic illness that affects nearly 185,000 West Virginians. The WVU School of Nursing is teaming with local community groups to provide free screenings, education and prevention tips for residents in the greater Morgantown area.
Health Storytelling Workshop at HSC Jan. 25
Everyone’s got a story to tell. And in healthcare, telling and listening to stories is often a key to healing.
WVU medical student hosts panel discussion on human trafficking
Each year, 45.8 million people around the world are enslaved, and 68 percent are subject to forced labor. According to the Walk Free Foundation, over half of victims of slavery are women and girls and nearly one in three victims of slavery is a child.
Baugh named director of interprofessional education for health sciences
Gina M. Baugh, Pharm.D., associate professor and director of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences at the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, has been named director of interprofessional education for the WVU Health Sciences Center.
DEA registration renewal process changing
As of January 1, 2017, those with an expired DEA registration will need to fully reapply; the DEA will no longer allow a grace period for expired registrants.
BOG approves $3 million in lab and research office construction at HSC
WVU will invest $3 million in research space at the Health Sciences Center, including an inhalation lab facility in the HSC and research offices and conference space in the Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Facility.
Health Sciences to join self-empty trash, single-stream recycling program December 19
West Virginia University Health Sciences will be the latest campus to join the University-wide recycling and empty-your-own trash plans starting the week of December 19th.