Join the WVU School of Nursing for one of our virtual Zoom information sessions about our DNP – Nurse Anesthetist Program.
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Using a $3.62 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the WVU Cancer Institute will continue working with clinics across the state to increase colorectal cancer screenings.The five-year grant is a continuation of an existing WVU Cancer Institute, Cancer Prevention and Control grant which supports the West Virginia Program to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening. This program focuses on early detection of the disease, which is one of the deadliest types of cancer in West Virginia.
One hundred and ninety-nine new residents and fellows began their training at WVU School of Medicine on June 15 and 16 during the 2020 Graduate Medical Education New Resident Orientation program.
A new website, health.wvu.edu/diversity, was recently launched to highlight the diversity, equity and inclusion work across the Health Sciences Center.
Two members of the Global Engagement Office at WVU Health Sciences have been appointed to the Global Network Advisory Group for the Visiting Student Learning Opportunity program of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
The Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry in the WVU School of Medicine was recently awarded a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to fund two dedicated addiction medicine fellowship positions. The fellowships are additional training for doctors to become addiction medicine specialists that work in underserved, community-based settings and provide addiction prevention, treatment and recovery services that bridge healthcare areas.