Scopus covers research topics across all scientific and technical disciplines, ranging from medicine and social sciences to arts and humanities. Join us at the Evansdale Library, Room 130, Feb. 18, from 3 - 4 p.m., for a Research Commons Workshop to learn how to take advantage of this valuable resource.
Research
The University community is invited to attend a colloquium presented by Dr. Angela R. Hight Walker, leader of the Optical Spectroscopy of Nanostructures project at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), on Friday, February 15, at 11:30 a.m. in G09 White Hall. Dr. Hight Walker will speak on, "Novel Instrumentation for Investigating 2D Quantum Materials."
Attorneys from the Kramer Amado firm will present “Public Disclosure and Patent Rights: Best Practices for Sharing Your Research Results” Feb. 26 from noon - 1 p.m. in Erma Byrd Room 201 of the Health Sciences Innovation Center. This discussion will cover what to do when you have an upcoming public disclosure and how to share your research while protecting your Intellectual Property.
You are invited to participate in a research study examining medical decision-making in older adults. This study will entail one meeting in the Life Sciences Building on the Downtown Campus lasting 30-45 minutes. You will be asked to view an educational video containing information about medical treatments and fill-out several questionnaires. You will receive $20 to compensate your time.
WVCTSI’s Clinical and Translational Research Seminar Series will partner with the West Virginia Practice-Based Research Network to present a series of seminar on community engaged research. In the first entry, Dr. William Lewis, family medicine physician and co-director of the WVPBRN, and Stacey Whanger, network manager, will present, “How to Effectively Engage in Research in a Community or Practice Based Setting.”
The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $219,263-grant to Amy Hessl, professor in the Department of Geology and Geography, to reconstruct the history of the Southern Annular Mode, over the last 2,000 years. Hessl and her research team will study the movement of a westerly wind belt circling Antarctica that influences Southern Hemisphere climate, carbon and heat uptake and Antarctic ice melt.