Participants 65-years-old and older needed for a research study conducted through the Department of Psychology seeking to gather information about experiences in healthcare settings.
Research
A Pharmacy professor who has dedicated most of his career to researching black lung and silicosis in miners is retiring this summer. Dr. Vincent Castranova, a professor in the School’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, has a combined 42 years of service to the University and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. His last workday was June 28.
A PhD graduate with a concentration in epidemiology, Amy Hunter has been selected for the 2019 NVDRS New Investigator Award. An initiative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Public Health Association, the National Violent Death Reporting System New Investigator Research Award promotes innovative, quality analysis of data by emerging researchers.
This month, Professor Chris Martin will represent WVU and the School of Public Health at a nationwide forum to address research gaps related to the use of opioids after workplace injury and exposures.
Do the nutritional supplements people take or the diets they adhere to actually protect them against cardiovascular problems and death? Maybe not, suggests a new umbrella review of meta-analyses and randomized controlled trials by Safi Khan, an assistant professor in the School of Medicine. His findings appear in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
During the 2018-2019 academic year, WVU’s 76 Graduate Fellows served a total of 5,221 volunteer hours, an impact valued at more than $115,000 with 66+ organizations impacted*. In their positions as Graduate Fellows, students are required to complete service hours, but 50% of the students reported more than their minimum required hours of semester service, displaying their commitment to serving the University and greater Morgantown community.