Tera Dillow, a registered nurse and faith community nurse, recently started a health screening program within her local faith community — Johnston Chapel Baptist Church in Princeton — following her completion of the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course through the School of Nursing.
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Drs. Eyad Khabbaz and Garrett Jones have joined the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery as assistant professors and general otolaryngologists. Khabbaz will see patients at the Fairmont and Morgantown locations. Jones will see patients at the WVU Uniontown ENT Office.
School of Dentistry dental hygiene professor Alcinda Shockey has been inducted into Sigma Xi. The Scientific Research Honor Society is an international organization that recognizes outstanding science and engineering research.
High school students from across West Virginia got a feel for college life this summer during the Health Sciences & Technology Academy’s 31st annual summer camp program.
University students representing an interdisciplinary group of majors — including exercise physiology, health and well-being, biomedical engineering and biology — traveled to Groningen as part of “The Future of Healthcare” exercise physiology class.
For many college students, the prospect of studying abroad can seem daunting, but for nursing student Owen Widders, the decision to study at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus has proven to be a life-changing experience.