Zuan-Fu Lim, a cancer cell biology graduate student in Patrick Ma’s lab at the WVU Cancer Institute, has received an American Association of Immunologists Young Investigator Award for his first place oral presentation at the 21st annual meeting of the Translational Research Cancer Centers Consortium at Seven Springs, Pennsylvania.
Research
The research titled “Implementing a universal well-being assessment to mitigate barriers to resident utilization of mental health resources,” was recently published in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education.
Jamie McCall, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, was recently awarded the inaugural Post-Doctoral Association research grant for her research titled: “Prenatal Cadmium Exposure and Obesity.”
Paul Cassak, associate professor of Physics and Astronomy in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences has been named West Virginia University’s 2017-2018 Benedum Distinguished Scholar in Physical Sciences and Technology. This designation is intended to recognize and reward WVU faculty who exemplify distinction in research, scholarship or creative activity.
Dr. Joseph Shapiro, Dean of the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University will deliver a special seminar hosted by the WVU School of Medicine titled "Research Oriented on Uremic Cardiomyopathy." This seminar is open to anyone interested in attending March 6 at 3 p.m. in 201 Erma Byrd Biomedical Building (BMRC) on the Health Sciences Campus.
Antar Jutla, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at West Virginia University, has earned a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for his research on how extreme events and enhanced climatic variability impact the emergence of water-borne pathogens that cause infection in humans. The award comes with nearly $500,000 in funding over a five-year period.