In the largest single grant of its history, the West Virginia University School of Nursing has received $600,000 to establish the Helene Fuld Health Trust Scholarship Fund for Baccalaureate Nursing Students. The school will use the money to help alleviate West Virginia’s shortage of nurses.
Thanks to a 2007 gift of $5 million from Jo and Ben Statler, Dr. Jame Abraham has been installed as the first Bonnie Wells Wilson Distinguished Professor and Eminent Scholar in Breast Cancer Research. Abraham is chief of Hematology/Oncology at WVU and medical director of the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center.
Christopher C. Colenda, M.D, M.P.H. (right), the Jean and Thomas McMullin Dean of Medicine and Vice President for Clinical Affairs at Texas A&M Health Science Center, was named Chancellor for Health Sciences on Aug. 19.
A respected academic physician, researcher and leader, Dr. Colenda, 57, was selected by WVU President James. P. Clements, following a national search which brought three finalists to campus. He will begin his new role Oct. 30.
Photo Left to Right: Gary Marano, President UHA; Georgia Narsavage, Dean, School of Nursing; Louise Veselicky, Dean, School of Dentistry; Bruce McClymonds, President, WVUH; Fred Butcher, WVU VP HSC; James Brick, Dean School of Medicine; Tom Jones, President & CEO WV United Hospital System; Patricia Chase, Dean, School of Pharmacy
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