Several Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences residents will present their research projects during grand rounds on Wednesday (June 9) at 7 a.m. over Zoom.
Research
The widespread use of CBD oil is so new that scientists don’t yet understand all of the ways it affects drivers. Toni Marie Rudisill—a researcher with the WVU School of Public Health—is recruiting participants for a new study into whether and how CBD oil impairs driving ability. Rudisill is actively recruiting participants for her study.
The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute Project ECHO program has been spreading specialty care knowledge across the Mountain State for five years. Building upon its success, the project can now lend resources and expertise to health providers beyond West Virginia with its recent designation as an ECHO Superhub – one of only eight in the United States and 18 worldwide.
A new tool that will help researchers correctly determine IRB protocol types when submitting a protocol is now available in Kuali Build. The WVU Office of Human Research Protections recommends researchers use the WVU+kc IRB Protocol Type Decision Tool before starting a human subject protocol submission to help streamline the process and reduce submission errors.
Surgeons at the WVU Eye Institute are now using 3D viewing systems to perform vitreoretinal surgery. The WVU Eye Institute is the only facility in the state to offer this technology.
WVU Medicine is now offering an option for patients with treatment resistant depression. Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a noninvasive form of brain stimulation that targets the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which is connected to the deeper circuits of the brain responsible for depression.