Applications are now being accepted for the teaching scholars program, a teacher development program which combines online resources with informal weekly discussions from September–May. Applications close August 15.
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The first inter-professional team to earn certification in tobacco cessation treatment included family medicine, pharmacy and respiratory therapy professionals among others.
Bo Stroia has always been active. She used to play softball and enjoys watching her grandchildren play sports. However, her active lifestyle was put on hold when she started to have trouble breathing even during short walks.
Tara Hulsey, dean of the West Virginia University School of Nursing and vice president of Health Promotion and Wellness for WVU, was unanimously re-elected to serve as the president of the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses.
Nicholas Brandmeir, neurosurgeon at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, is now offering dorsal root ganglia stimulation for sufferers of chronic regional pain syndrome type I or II in the leg, groin, and foot.
James P. Griffith has been named chair of the Health Sciences Charleston Campus department of behavioral medicine and psychiatry.