Vinod Kulathumani, associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering, is part of a research team that has been selected as a finalist for the R&D 100 Award. The award, known as the “Oscars of Innovation,” honor the top 100 proven technological advances of the past year as determined by a panel selected by “R&D Magazine.”
Research
In the first entry in this series, Lisa Giblin Sutton and Traci Hinkle from WVU Medicine will present “Investigational Pharmacy: Improving Processes,” and “Set Up of Laboratory Testing and Pathology Material Requests: What Researchers Need to Know.”
School of Public Health graduate student Meghan Tuscano will be presenting research for a mindfulness intervention study at the upcoming 26th Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Rural Health Association in October.
The Evansdale Innovation Center is partnering with WVU LaunchLab Network to host the first National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) training program to help prepare WVU scientists and engineers to accelerate their cutting-edge technologies and products into the marketplace.
Kim Innes, an epidemiology professor from the School of Public Health, and her team are studying the potential benefits of a simple meditation or music listening practice for improving memory and cognitive functioning, as well as mood, sleep and quality of life in adults with subjective cognitive decline, or SCD.
Jennifer Oliva, an associate professor of law and public health at WVU, will be a visiting research scholar at Harvard Law School in spring 2019.