School of Medicine Eastern Division congratulates Jabin Janoo, M.D., who was selected as the 2017 Eastern Division Clinician of the Year, by School of Medicine Class of 2018 Eastern Campus students. Dr. Janoo, an obstetrician and gynecologist, was selected for her exceptional dedication to teaching.
According to the National Institutes of Health, approximately 23.5 million Americans live with an autoimmune disease. These diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, inflammatory bowel disease and Type 1 diabetes, can weaken the immune system and require a lifetime of treatment.
The WVU Medicine Cabinet provides health information from WVU Medicine experts. Each issue features information on common health topics and interests, health tips, upcoming events, and more.
The University’s new Inhalation Facility will be the home for research and collaborations that measure, identify and discover how the particles we breathe affect our health. Timothy Nurkiewicz, a microvascular physiologist in the School of Medicine’s Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, is the director of the new lab.
The new Bonnie’s Bus, a 45-foot, state-of-the-art mobile mammography vehicle, will be in Granville, Monongalia County, later this month, offering three-dimensional digital mammograms and breast care education to women.
Student Healthcare Alliance for Promoting Equality, along with the WVU Departments of Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Plastic Surgery, are sponsoring a week-long lecture series in the Health Sciences Center Oct. 23-27 focusing on LGBTQ Health with the goal of sponsoring advocacy and inclusion at our institution. All lectures are open to WVU students, faculty and staff, as well as the surrounding community.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WVU is currently seeking volunteer instructors to teach during its winter term. OLLI offers classes in the arts, literature, history, philosophy and religion, current events, political affairs, science, math, health and wellness and more for our campuses in Morgantown and Charleston.
Pediatric physician J. Philip Saul, M.D., will be the special guest at an open forum for Health Sciences and WVU Medicine faculty, staff and students at noon Thursday (Oct. 19) in the Okey Patteson Auditorium of the WVU Health Sciences Center. The topic will be, "WVU Medicine Children’s and the health of West Virginia."
The Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry have announced that Dr. Herbert Y. Meltzer of Northwestern University will present a special neuropsychopharmacology grand rounds Nov. 1 at noon in the PATH Auditorium (Room 2118 HSN).
Health Sciences Vice President and Executive Dean Clay B. Marsh, MD, will address the Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus Tuesday (Oct. 17) as part of a panel discussion on how medical schools and teaching hospitals are working to treat patients with opioid use disorders and ultimately stem the tide of overdoses in hard-hit and underserved areas of the country.