Lauri Andress, an assistant professor in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, is working to disrupt the current model for how seniors in rural Appalachia access healthy food.
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The Institute of Water Security and Science has issued a call for poster abstracts for its Spring Conference, which will be held Feb. 20-21 at the WVU Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown.
The updates to the internal grants modules in KC are complete and all application types are being accepted for the Feb. 5 deadline.
Researchers from West Virginia University will partner with colleagues from Southern California Gas Company and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on technology that converts natural gas to hydrogen and value-added forms of carbon.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the suicide rate in the United States increased by 34 percent between 2000 and 2016. While that rate be high, a team of researchers led by a West Virginia University faculty member believes it is seriously underestimated.
Managing diabetes and high blood pressure can feel like a solitary enterprise dependent on relationships with objects (like pills or foods) and activities (like brisk walks or early bedtimes) instead of relationships with people, but a group of West Virginia University researchers is hoping to change that.