Marshall SOM researcher receives award to fund undergraduate research positions

Nalini Santanam, Ph.D., MPH, FAHA, a professor in the department of biomedical sciences at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, has received a multi-year grant to fund undergraduate students to perform cardiovascular-related research at the school. The three-year, $60,000 award from the American Heart Association will fund five positions for undergraduate student…

WVU Medicine welcomes oncologist

WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center and University Health Associates announce the addition of Sanaz Soltani, M.D., hematologist/oncologist, to the staff at the WVU Cancer Institute in Martinsburg. Dr. Soltani received her medical degree from American University of Antigua College of Medicine in New York, NY.  She completed her residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville,…

New Partnership Unveiled

WMC and West Virginia Northern Community College (WVNCC) are proud to announce an outstanding new partnership:  the Future Nurses Program.  This program is meant to help local nurses of the future financially while encouraging them to provide their knowledge and services here at home upon graduation. Through the program, several students will have their associates…

Kanawha Valley Water System Receives System of the Year Award from State Drinking Water Regulators

West Virginia American Water’s Kanawha Valley Water System received the 2017 Surface Water System of the Year Award yesterday from the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health for overall drinking water performance. Representatives from the WVBPH Office of Environmental Health Services Environmental Engineering Division’s district office in St. Albans presented the award to the Kanawha…