Abigail Spangler and Josiah Spangler are co-directors of Wellspring in Greenbrier County, a nonprofit organization that aims to alleviate the symptoms of poverty in the community.
Health
The Appalachian Regional Commission has selected Stephanie Hutter-Thomas, director of the Buprenorphine Implementation Research and Community Health project in the School of Medicine Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, to participate in the 2023-24 class of the Appalachian Leadership Institute.
Dr. Vincent Traynelis will be honored by his friends and colleagues during the Alumni Banquet beginning at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20, at the Hotel Morgan.
A group of undergraduate nursing students at the School of Nursing Beckley Campus recently formed a new student organization focused on supporting and improving holistic health in southern West Virginia.
The program, launched to expand its capacity for treating psychiatric patients in North Central West Virginia, is one of only four programs in the country to receive the distinction from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Equipped with a fetus to teach proper prepartum, labor, delivery and postpartum care, as well as clinical situations unrelated to maternity, the high fidelity manikin will assist students in practicing hands-on patient care in a simulated setting.