Sloan Nesbit was finishing up his freshman year at WVU’s School of Medicine when on April 1, 2016 — April Fool’s Day of all days — he was diagnosed with T-ALL, T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma.
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The Surgeon General of the U. S. Dr. Jerome Adams, sent a video to the School of Pharmacy Class of 2020.
Many students choose to study public health because they want to make a difference in the world. Both members of the Class of 2020, a class that has seen a unique set of challenges, Erin Kersey and Avery Lyons are set to tackle pressing challenges in Africa while on assignment with the Peace Corps.
A virtual ceremony to honor the 2020 award winners will be held Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 4 p.m. Additional details will be available closer to the event.
WVU Medicine Children’s has been awarded a $366,000 grant by the National Institutes of Health’s Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program to implement a lifestyle improvement intervention study for children with a high body mass index.
This June, the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences joins the American Academy of Ophthalmology in observing Cataract Awareness Month by sharing three things everyone should know about the condition and its treatment.