School of Nursing Beckley Campus faculty and students recently participated in the Coalfields Community Health Fair at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center, offering muscle strength education and blood pressure readings.
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Multidisciplinary Unsheltered Homeless Relief Outreach of Morgantown, a student-run program through WVU, aims to help the unhoused population and those in need of medical care.
The WVU Medicine Children’s Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation team was awarded the Silver Level Award at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization on Sept. 30 in Seattle, Washington.
Nearly 50 people received a kit and one-on-one counseling from dental students about performing oral cancer screenings at home while others received one-on-one counseling about tobacco and nicotine use and methods for cessation.
School of Dentistry dental and dental hygiene students, overseen by faculty dentists, will offer veterans and active guard and reserve members free cleanings, X-rays as necessary, simple fillings and other urgent care needs based on the determination of the provider on Nov. 10.
Preston Woodburn-Camp, a certified registered nurse anesthetist who earned his bachelor’s of science degree in nursing in 2010, was recently introduced as the 2023-24 president of the 653-member West Virginia Association of Nurse Anesthetists.