Through collaboration with WellWVU and Collegiate Recovery, Wellness of WVU Medicine will host "Meditation at the Pylons” today (April 18) at 11:15 a.m. Join students, faculty and staff at the HSC pylons lobby to discover and practice the benefits of mindful meditation in a 20-minute public session.
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The WVU Institute for Community and Rural Health is hosting an information fair to showcase the programs, opportunities and scholarships available to students interested in rural health care. All health professions students are welcome to attend from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 22 and April 23, HSC-N in the Pylon’s Lobby hallway behind Cavanaugh’s.
WVU Medicine has been recognized as a Five-Diamond Employer by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. This designation recognizes outstanding companies in the areas of employee policies, continuing education, community service participation, and empowerment of employees.
The WVU Cancer Institute and the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute are joining organizations around the world this April to recognize Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month. An estimated 17,290 people in the U.S. are living with esophageal cancer.
At a national summit later this month, a WVU School of Public Health representative will showcase the statewide collaborative effort for naloxone distribution known as the West Virginia Rapid Response Project.
The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute is working to raise awareness of the causes of limb loss during Limb Loss Awareness Month. Losing a limb is a life-changing event that affects 185,000 Americans every year.