Faculty are encouraged to apply to mentor undergraduates in scholarly activity via the SURE program and to inform their undergraduates that applications are due by March 3 for the June 1-July 20 program.
Research
As West Virginia became the epicenter of the nation’s opioid epidemic, donor dollars brought Dr. Judith Feinberg to the WVU School of Medicine to expand research focused on the intersection of addiction and infectious disease. More than five years later, her work is making a difference by expanding testing and increasing access to treatments for diseases spread through injection drug use – HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
Professor Bingyun Li will give an invited keynote talk on “Biomaterial Associated Infections: Challenges and Strategies” at the Antibiotic Resistance symposium at the 11th World Biomaterials Congress.
Once the COVID-19 pandemic is over, a lot of things will go back to normal. But some changes that the pandemic spurred might be here to stay. Among them: the expansion of telepsychiatry.
To address the challenges of COVID-19 testing shortages and lagging turnaround times, WVU and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources have teamed up to create a new testing laboratory at the Health Sciences Center.
Lauri Andress, assistant professor in the School of Public Health, presented her research on the health disparities for Black women and infants during a virtual presentation by the U.S. Surgeon General sponsored by the Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lyceum at Marshall University on Dec. 4.