A $175,000 gift will support colorectal cancer screenings of patients being treated at the WVU Cancer Institute. The Barbara Northeimer Fish Memorial Cancer Fund, established by her family, will create a pilot program utilizing stool-DNA testing to focus on early detection of colorectal cancer and precancerous polyps.
Research
Terezia Galikova, Robert Hickey, Nolan Holley and Nico Muttillo of WVU and Yongija “James” Deng of Vanderbilt University were welcomed during an orientation where they exchanged introductions with the faculty they will be working closely with in Cancer Institute laboratories.
Building and operating a hydraulic fracturing well site can emit airborne particles in multiple ways. But scientists still don’t fully understand how these particles impact human health. Travis Knuckles, assistant professor in the School of Public Health, has received $450,000 from the National Institutes of Health to investigate these questions.
Research underway at the West Virginia University Cancer Institute may help to improve the outcomes of lung cancer patients and better guide the physicians who treat them.
Participants 18 years old and older are needed for a research study conducted through the Department of Psychology to gather information regarding attitudes towards sexual behaviors in later life.
Dr. Ali Rezai, WVU's neurosciences leader, talks of magnetic waves treating depression and chip implants sending brain signals. Read about his research in the latest edition of WVU Magazine.