In ongoing efforts to improve efficiency and reduce burden, research submissions in WVU+kc will no longer require sign-off by a unit administrator. Instead, UAs will receive notifications of study submissions via email that require no additional action. These changes are scheduled to become effective Saturday (May 11).
Research
The grant is part of the Foundation’s second round of funding for research seeking to improve patient care for those with neurological disease or traumatic brain injury.
Three graduate students spent the 2018-2019 academic year as Graduate Student Climate Adaptation Partners scholars, developing a digital library and webinar series based on their climate change research.
The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute is now accepting applications for the Summer 2019 K Grant Writing Groups (K-Clubs). These groups are designed for early career faculty and postdocs conducting clinical and/or translational research who are interested in applying for an NIH Mentored Career Development Award (“K” Award) for the October 2019 NIH submission deadline.
Infectious diseases expert Sally Hodder, director of the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute and associate vice president for clinical and translational science at West Virginia University, was part of a national team that published “AIDS in America – Back in the Headlines at Long Last,” a perspective that provides detailed information about the ongoing HIV epidemic.
Two West Virginia University entrepreneurs have been selected to attend the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) training program beginning May 5 in Nashville, Tenn. The researchers were chosen after completing the WVU program, which was hosted by the Evansdale Innovation Center and the WVU LaunchLab Network.