An economic impact study released today (June 20) by the West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research concludes that even in years when The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve is not hosting a national Scout Jamboree, it pours $28 million into the economy, supports 280 jobs and generates almost $1 million in state and local tax revenue.
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Body image among young adult female athletes has become a hot topic within the sports exercise psychology industry. Katie Fairhurst, a CPASS Ph.D. candidate, recently received the 2019 Association of Applied Sport Psychology Research Grant to continue her research on the topic.
The opioid crisis is a major public health issue with over 47,000 deaths reported due to overdose in 2017 alone. However the impact of narcotics in hospitalized patients is less known. A team of researchers led by Dr. Sunil Sharma, Section Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine & Director of WVU's MICU & Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Program Development, recently reported that patients admitted for congestive heart failure had a high likelihood of receiving opioids during their hospitalization (41 percent) resulting in escalation of care.
Out of the 10 million acres of land damaged by extractive industries in Appalachia, about 500,000 lie in the borders of West Virginia. Rather than discarding the region’s history, West Virginia University researcher Zachary Freedman sees the future of that land remaining in the energy sector. But instead of removing something from the earth, he’ll put something back.
Sundus Lateef, a second year medical student in the WVU School of Medicine and Bridgeport native, was one of only 50 students selected from across the nation to participate in the NIH Medical Research Scholars Program.