“Building a Healthier Appalachia: Collaborative Solutions to Substance Use Disorders Across the Region,” a one-day conference designed to advance the knowledge of empirically based interventions for individuals with substance use disorders and to improve community collaboration for better outcomes, will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday (Oct. 25) at the Erickson Alumni Center.
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Dr. Lena Chen, a Brooklyn, New York, native who completed the Cornea Fellowship Program at WVU in 2023, joins the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences as an assistant professor.
The School of Nursing Charleston Campus gathered donations for Covenant House, a Charleston-based organization aiming to eradicate homelessness, hunger and create well-being in the Greater Kanawha Valley.
Therapists, psychiatrists, case managers, physicians, nurses and social service providers serving youth in West Virginia are encouraged to share their expertise on what is working and where gaps exist currently.
School of Nursing Keyser Campus seniors provide education and supplies to keep folks on campus healthy this fall during their weekly clinical rotation at the Student Health Center.
To promote health and safety in communities across the state, West Virginia University health experts encourage everyone to practice prevention through vaccination as respiratory illness season approaches.