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 […]
Fruth Pharmacy Provides School of Pharmacy with Scholarship Support Gift
Marshall University School of Pharmacy announced today it has received a $10,000 gift for student scholarships from West Virginia-based Fruth Pharmacy. Dean Kevin Yingling, R.Ph, M.D., said the relationship with Fruth Pharmacy is fundamental to the growth of the school. “We are grateful for the unwavering support from the Fruth Pharmacy family,” Yingling said. “Lynne […]
WVUH-East City Hospital Announces Auxiliary Donation, Time Saves Lives
West Virginia University Hospitals-East City Hospital officials announced a $50,000 donation by the City Hospital Auxiliary in support of the $3 million Time Saves Lives capital campaign. In mid-November, WVUH-East officials launched the pubic phase of the major gifts fundraising campaign to solicit community support to assist in underwriting facility and service enhancements at both […]
