Aaron Santmyire, of Wiley Ford, W.Va., was traveling down the Manabolo River in southwest Madagascar when he decided to join the Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) program at the West Virginia University School of Nursing.
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Aaron Santmyire, of Wiley Ford, West Virginia, earned is Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree in 2013 from the WVU School of Nursing while working as a missionary in Madagascar.
Twice a month, visitors known as the MUSHROOM Team roam the halls of the Bartlett House Transitional Facility on West Run Road in Morgantown. The team of WVU health sciences students and professors offers preventive healthcare to residents who were once homeless. Knocking on doors, the team discovers a new story and a bonding experience in each apartment.
WVU School of Nursing online graduate programs rank 10th in the Nation, according to Graduate Programs Foundation. A non-profit organization, the Foundation has released its Fall 2014 Online Nursing Grad Rankings according to students, enumerating the best graduate programs in the country based on ratings and reviews from current or recent graduates.
With the help of a major federal grant, West Virginia University is bolstering its faculty and scientific research on stroke to mitigate the devastating effects of the disease across the state and the nation. The grant of $10.7 million over the next five years, including more than $2.1 million this year, will have a transformational effect on basic and translational stroke research at WVU. The funding will enhance mentoring and development of five junior investigators and their research programs as well as support core resources.
Aaron Santmyire, of Wiley Ford, West Virginia, has lived in Madagascar since 2007 working as a nurse practitioner, a missionary, and a health educator. Traveling down the Manabolo River in southwest Madagascar, he and a group of fellow missionaries and healthcare providers were using a hovercraft to reach a remote village that had never had visitors before. The villagers were struggling with different health issues, and they sent a messenger who traveled for days to request help. Getting to the village required landing on a runway that doubled as a cow pasture, crossing a crocodile-infested creek in a canoe, and then navigating the river via hovercraft.
Jennifer A. Mallow, Ph.D., R.N., an assistant professor at the West Virginia University School of Nursing and research scholar with the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI), is one of just 12 nursing educators from across the country to win a prestigious grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Nurse Faculty Scholars program this year.
Jennifer A. Mallow, Ph.D., R.N., an assistant professor at the West Virginia University School of Nursing and research scholar with the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI), is one of just 12 nursing educators from across the country to win a prestigious grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Nurse Faculty Scholars program this year.
The West Virginia University School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine and the WVU schools of Dentistry, Nursing, and Pharmacy are teaming up to host the 40th Annual Hal Wanger Family Medicine Conference Sept. 18-20 at Lakeview Golf Resort and Spa in Morgantown.