The Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology has announced Sara Druffner and Katie Lee as recipients of the 2023 Gossling Scholarship. Druffner is a fourth-year doctoral candidate studying gastric inflammation and carcinogenesis in the Busada Lab. Lee is starting her fourth year of research on innovative vaccines and therapeutic strategies for infectious diseases in the Heath Damron Lab.
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Faculty, staff and students are invited to learn more about the Appalachian Gerontology Experiences: Advancing Diversity in Aging Research Scholars Program from 5-6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, on Zoom.
The University will serve as the core clinical testing site within a consortium of top universities and industries to develop technologies designed to improve the care and rehabilitation of people with neurological disorders as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation.
A team of WVU engineers will help industrial facilities in disadvantaged communities across West Virginia improve their energy efficiency and minimize their waste streams, air pollution and carbon footprints with support from an $800,000 Environmental Protection Agency grant.
Eighteen faculty, staff and students from various departments across campus worked together to drive WVU to recently be named an “Innovation and Economic Prosperity University.” The designation came from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities.
Therapists, psychiatrists, case managers, physicians, nurses and social service providers serving youth in West Virginia are encouraged to share their expertise on what is working and where gaps exist currently.