Corey Farris Named Dean of Students at WVU
Corey Farris has been named West Virginia University’s dean of students, Vice President of Student Affairs Ken Gray announced. The appointment is effective immediately. As dean of students, Farris is the primary student advocate and serves as a liaison between students, university administrators and community officials. He handles student issues such as discipline, student support […]
Mon General Hospital Performs Robotic-Assisted Surgery
Mon General Hospital has begun performing state-of-the-art robotic-assisted surgery. A da Vinci Surgical System was added to the hospital’s operating suites in October. The system is designed to overcome the limitations of manual laparoscopic surgery by providing enhanced capabilities, such as high-definition three-dimensional vision and a magnified view. “Adding da Vinci robotic surgery to our […]
WVU Hospitals-East Announces Major Fund Raising Campaign
West Virginia University Hospitals-East officials announced today the public launch of Time Saves Lives, a $3 million major gifts fund raising campaign to solicit community support to assist in underwriting facility and service enhancements at both City Hospital in Martinsburg and Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Ranson. The funds will support the $31.5 million construction program […]
Nobel Laureate Visits Marshall’s Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Günter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D., who received the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery that proteins have built-in signals that direct their movement in cells, visited the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University and met with faculty, staff and students. Marshall President Stephen J. Kopp presented Blobel with an […]
West Liberty University Professor Joseph Horzempa Awarded $500,000 in Grants to Study Vaccine Host
West Liberty University Biology Professor Dr. Joseph Horzempa has received half a million dollars in grants to continue his studies on a unique bacterium as a vaccine host. Horzempa received $250,000 from the National Institutes of Health and an additional $250,000 from WV-INBRE (Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence). “The grants will allow me and […]
Marshall University School of Medicine Researchers Study Vitamin C Deficiencies in Patients on Blood-thinning Medication
A case study published by two Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine researchers shows that patients taking warfarin, an anticoagulant medication, may inadvertently be limiting their vitamin C intake because of dietary restrictions associated with the medicine. The clinical study by Dr. Lynne Goebel, professor of medicine, and Dr. George Yousef, a first-year […]