University faculty, students, WVU Extension agents, administrators and others have made 14 trips to Washington since February to advocate for federal funding for WVU research with members of the state’s congressional delegation, and Associate Vice President for Research Development Sheena Murphy with the WVU Research Office said those efforts will continue.
Research
The purpose of this research study is to learn how rewards affect behavior and choice by completing simple tasks. Participants must use a computer mouse to click buttons on a computer screen and attend 1.5 to 3.5 hour sessions in the Life Sciences Building.
The Department of Communication Studies is recruiting participants for a study examining how people may be affected by social media. If you are an adult woman age 18 and older, you are eligible to participate in the study.
The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute will partner with the West Virginia Chapter of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals and the IDeA State Consortium for Clinical Research Resource Center to celebrate Clinical Trials Day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow (May 20).
Parents of preterm babies between the ages of 3 and 7 months are encouraged to participate in this study conducted by researchers from the Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy to understand the impact of prematurity on motor development.
A new grant awarded to the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences will allow researchers to utilize a newly developed ultrasound imaging technique to explore the relationship between low blood pressure and glaucoma, an ocular disease that can lead to irreversible blindness.