News
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WVCTSI announces 3 fall funding opportunities
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) has released requests for applications (RFA) for the Open Competition, Launch Pilot Grant, Small Grant funding opportunities.
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Special NIH Presentation "Navigating NIH Systems to Advance Your Career & Tips for Successful Grant Writing"
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
WVCTSI hosting special NIH speaker on September 16
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John C. Byrd of OSU to present annual DeLynn Lecture September 4
Monday, August 5, 2019
John C. Byrd, M.D will lecture on targeted therapies in leukemia on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, in the Okey Patteson Auditorium (Health Sciences Center-North), at 4:00 pm. A Q&A reception will follow the lecture. The event is free and open to the public. For those who cannot attend, the event also will be webcast.
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WVU invites statewide entrepreneurs to participate in NSF I-Corps training program
Thursday, August 1, 2019
MORGANTOWN, W. VA. – West Virginia University invites all entrepreneurs, researchers and students from across West Virginia to participate in the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) training program which will help prepare participants to accelerate their cutting-edge technologies and products into the marketplace.
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Nurkiewicz named Physiology and Pharmacology chair
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Timothy Nurkiewicz, Ph.D., has been named chair of the WVU School of Medicine’s Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.
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WVU researcher aims to improve cancer outcomes for West Virginians
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Work from Dr. A. Courtney DeVries, the John T. and June R. Chambers Chair of Oncology Research at the WVU Cancer Institute, and her team is focusing on the side effects a cancer patient experiences during treatment, depending on their social environment.
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WVU researchers use telehealth to head off hospitalizations and ER visits
Thursday, July 25, 2019
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rural Americans are more likely than their urban counterparts to die prematurely from the five most common killers: heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease and stroke. Telehealth—the use of technology to provide healthcare remotely—is an emerging way to combat these trends. And it’s growing in popularity.
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Workshop on Collaborative Care August 14
Monday, July 15, 2019
Psychiatrists and primary Care Physicians are in a unique position to help shape mental health care delivery using integrated care approaches. A workshop on applying the collaborative care approach, led by Dr. Mark Duncan is available on August 14, 2019. This workshop provides participants with the practical skills needed to work in collaborative care. The course describes the delivery of mental health care in primary care settings with a focus on the evidence–base, guiding principles and an introduction to implementation strategies.Space is limited! Register by August 7, 2019. Register here: https://apasan.wufoo.com/forms/zudqfri0hqwhp4/ Questions? Contact absheppard@hsc.wvu.edu
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WVU researchers map crystals to advance treatments for stroke, diabetes, dementia
Monday, July 8, 2019
Medications attach to the proteins in our bodies the way spacecrafts dock into the International Space Station. Describing that process in detail can reveal a lot about how the medications work—and what form new medications should take.
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Department of Defense Chronic Pain Management Research Program
Monday, July 8, 2019
The FY19 Defense Appropriation provides $10 million (M) to the Department of Defense Chronic Pain Management Research Program (CPMRP) to support research of exceptional scientific merit with the potential to make a significant impact on improving the health and quality of life of Service members, Veterans, and all Americans living with chronic pain.
