Health Sciences Service Program Awards $285,000 to Support Rural Health Care in West Virginia

The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) announced today that 12 health sciences students from across West Virginia have received financial support for their education through the state’s Health Sciences Service Program. The Health Sciences Service Program was created by the West Virginia Legislature in 1995. Since its inception, the program has provided more…

Marshall School of Medicine Researcher Receives $650,000 NIH Grant to Study Nicotine Addiction

Brandon Henderson, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of biomedical sciences at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, is the recipient of a $650,000  National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to continue his work on the study of nicotine addiction. Henderson’s research focuses on a topic particularly relevant to the Appalachian…