A new pilot project launched by the School of Medicine in partnership with the DTE Energy Foundation will deploy physicians to respond to emergencies in rural areas of West Virginia, improving access to – and quality of – emergency care to save lives statewide.
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Continuing education credits are now available for Contact Tracing and Pandemic Response, an online, self-guided course developed in partnership between the WVU School of Public Health and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health.
In this episode of the “WVU and the Coronavirus” podcast, Dr. Rita Rio, biology professor in the Eberly College of Arts & Sciences, talks about “spillover events,” and explains how a coronavirus from a bat could make the leap to cause a global pandemic.
Dr. Jeff Coben was among the 80 leaders of America’s Public Health Schools and Programs to sign a letter to President Trump urging science-based approaches to curbing the spread of COVID-19.
The School of Pharmacy granted 142 scholarships/awards for the 2020-21 academic year.
The West Virginia Area Health Education Centers program was chosen to receive the Eugene Mayer Program of Excellence Award. The Program of Excellence award is given biennially to an AHEC program that exemplifies community and university partnerships, program comprehensiveness, responsiveness to community needs, and has had a significant impact on improving access to health care for citizens in its state.