January is National Birth Defects Awareness Month. Dr. Matt Akers, a WVU pediatrician, talks with Inside WVU today host April Kaull about the work happening at WVU Medicine Children’s to treat babies and prevent birth defects.
Videos
Jerry Wood, director of the WVU Center for Veteran, Military and Family Programs, talks with Inside WVU today host April Kaull about the new Mountaineer Bunker. The 2,500 square-foot facility serves as a welcoming space and support center for student veterans, armed forces personnel and dependents of current and former military service members.
Geologist Joseph Lebold leads Inside WVU today host April Kaull through his new book, "Roadside Geology of West Virginia." Part of Mountain Press Publishing Company’s national series, "Roadside Geology." Lebold and co-author Christopher Wilkinson, professor emeritus in the School of Music, journeyed along the roads of the Mountain State over the last four years, past road cuts exposing contorted rock layers, coral reefs and ancient red soils to create this guide for travelers.
Dr. Lisa Costello, a WVU Medicine pediatrician and assistant professor at the School of Medicine, is encouraging everyone to get a flu shot this season. National Influenza Vaccination Week is Dec. 7-13, and Costello says it’s the perfect time to arm yourself against the flu. She talks with Inside WVU today host April Kaull about why children and the elderly are particularly vulnerable, whether the vaccine mist is as effective as the shot, and dispels some vaccine concerns.
The WVU Employee Code of Conduct defines what it means to live like a Mountaineer by describing how faculty and staff should interact with all members of our University community, including students, other employees and visitors. The document was developed in response to recent WVU Culture Survey results and focus groups with faculty and staff, which identified coaching and feedback as an opportunity for the University.
Investigators at the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute recently performed the first procedure in the world of a phase II trial using focused ultrasound to treat a patient with early stage Alzheimer’s. Dr. Ali Rezai, who led the team, talks with Inside WVU today’s April Kaull about the groundbreaking procedure and the potential it may have to change lives.