WVCTSI and the Office of Research and Graduate Education are co-hosting a special visit from Dr. Thomas Burklow, director of the National Institutes of Health Medical Research Scholars Program, on July 25 from noon to 1 p.m. in room G119 of the Health Sciences Center. Burklow will present “Medical Research Scholars Program at the National Institutes of Health.”
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Dr. Nobuyuki Kagiyama, a postdoctoral research scholar with the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute Center for Innovation, is the 2019 recipient of the Annual Scientific Sessions of American Society of Echocardiography Arthur Weyman Young Investigator Award.
The Office of Research and Graduate Education has announced the realignment of Pre-Award grants administration services provided within the Health Sciences Center. This realignment is coincident with Valerie Lemasters transitioning to a part-time status July 1.
If cicadas made horror movies, they’d probably study the actions of their counterparts plagued by a certain psychedelic fungus. West Virginia University researchers have discovered that a cicada fungus called Massopora contains chemicals similar to those found in hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Active Schools US recently released a WVU research study about the status of state-level accountability systems for student learning in physical education. This report provides policymakers and leaders with information to better decision-making in policy, standards, curriculum, instruction and assessment within physical education.
The Research Repository @ WVU, an online, openly available, home for the scholarship, creative work and research of West Virginia University faculty, researchers and students, has surpassed 25,000 downloads worldwide.