Beginning May 1, all negotiation for new clinical study agreements, new amendments to clinical study agreements and clinical data use agreements will be routed through this new office designed specifically to process clinical agreements in a timely and efficient manner.
Research
Residents in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Residency Program demonstrated excellence in research throughout the past year by giving more than a dozen presentations at several national conferences across the country.
Five West Virginia University students have joined an elite group of researchers who’ve been awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, a program aimed at supporting graduate education in STEM-based fields. They are Austin Braniff, Kara Cunningham, Courtney Glenn, Ashley Martsen-Poulin and Megan Weaver.
Poised to be the largest congregation of mine water experts, the Morgantown event will bring together mining, water and reclamation experts from around the world who will provide the latest updates on research, regulations and practices involving mine drainage, water quality and rare earth element extraction.
A WVU researcher is working to gain a better understanding of the 23-year megadrought that is affecting drylands in the western United States. The megadrought is an ongoing climate crisis for natural ecosystems, agricultural systems and human water resources, but researchers have a limited understanding of the phenomenon.
Led by Lori Hazlehurst, University researchers with differing expertise and approaches are joining forces to seek a drug for non-small cell lung cancer with the help of a one-year supplement to an existing grant funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.