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Upcoming Events week of Feb 22 - Feb 28 |
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| Feb 22 |
WVU women's gymnastics team hosts the Wendy M. Roach Invitational – 2P
This is a breast cancer awareness event and fans are encouraged to bring various sundry items to donate to the Betty Puskar Breast Care Center. |
| Feb 23 |
Women in Science and Health Book Club presentation – 12P-1P, John E. Jones Conference Center, Room B
Veteran coach and management consultant David Allen will present:
Getting Things Done:
The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
To register |
| Feb 24 |
NCI Research to Reality Cyber-Seminar:
Tools of the Trade: Putting Public Health Evidence in Action
2P - 3P
For more information and to register |
| Feb 27 |
Breast Program meeting – 12P-1P, G801 |
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Coach Huggins advances to round 3 in the Infiniti Coaches Charity Challenge
Coach Bob Huggins has advanced to Round 3 in the Infiniti Coaches Charity Challenge. Mountaineer fans need to keep voting daily for Huggins at ESPN.COM/INFINITI. to help him move into the Final Four of the competition. Voting ends at 11:59A on March 1. Huggins is vying for the chance to win $100,000 for his Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Endowment Fund at the MBRCC. Your votes will help push the Huggins Endowment Fund over the $1 million bar! The Huggins Fund supports clinical research, specifically providing access to cancer clinical trials for all West Virginians.
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WVU Cancer Center to celebrate 30 year milestone at annual spring gala
Supporters of the West Virginia University Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center will celebrate the Cancer Center’s history of providing optimal cancer care during the 30th Annual Spring Gala at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, WV, April 17 and 18.
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Breast cancer research study being conducted in WV
The University is conducting a research study of English-speaking women in West Virginia, aged 40-50 years. Participants are being sought for an online survey study about breast cancer. Click on this link to view the online survey. Kim Kelly, PhD, leads this study. Dr. Kelly is an associate professor in the School of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutical Systems & Policy.
Welcome to our newest hematology oncology fellows |
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| Ahsan Alamgir, MD |
Marwan Shaikh, MD |
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| Shamsher Ali, MD |
Mark Knestrick, MD |
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Van Liere events feature special presentations Feb. 26-27
The 2015 E.J. Van Liere Convocation and HSC Research Day events are set for Feb. 26-27.
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Voting underway for WVU Healthcare Bravo! 'Best of the Best' awards
The 2015 Bravo! year is in full swing, so WVU Healthcare employees can now vote on CONNECT for their favorite 2014 Bravo! winners for the "Best of the Best" awards. All 2014 Bravo! award winners are eligible.
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Reminder: Nominations for the 2015 Vice President's Awards are open through Friday, Feb. 27
The Vice President’s Awards honor faculty and staff for their outstanding accomplishments at the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center. Fourteen awards will be given to faculty and staff, including individuals and teams. A unique feature of these awards is the opportunity to honor staff and faculty whose contributions have crossed the traditional school boundaries at the HSC.
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Dr. Clay Marsh: Who said you can never go home again?
Today, I am home.
I have been given the amazing opportunity to return to West Virginia University, the place I called home for eight years as an undergraduate and a medical student. WVU and the State of West Virginia invested heavily in my future, including by selecting me to attend medical school. Now I have the opportunity to pay the state back and create the opportunity to pay forward for our students, our University, and the citizens of our state.
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Creative writing workshop begins in March
Continuing and Professional Education is offering a four-week creative writing workshop Mondays from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. beginning March 16 in Room 102 of Woodburn Hall. Participants will share their work for support and feedback while learning about the submission and publishing process.
For more information and to register
Mountaineer Leadership Academy introduces new online course
"Internal Customer Service" is an innovative four-week online course, March 9 through April 9, designed to lay a foundation for the concept of internal customer service. Participants will engage in collective conversations that foster effective communication skills that can create and support a collaborative culture within the work environment at the University.
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Reminder of Major annual cancer meetings in 2015 –
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
April 18-22
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
May 29-June 2
American Society of Hematology (ASH)
Dec 5-8
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Information Technology Services has scheduled a wide range of training opportunities for faculty and staff throughout the spring 2015 semester, including multiple sessions on eCampus. Check out the calendar here: http://it.wvu.edu/services/training/schedule
Like us! - We're on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/BonniesBus | www.facebook.com/wvucancer
And on Twitter:
@WVUMBRCC | |
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Carbon nanotubes induce apoptosis resistance of human lung epithelial cells through FLICE-inhibitory protein.
Pongrakhananon, V., Luanpitpong, S., Stueckle, T. A., Wang, L. Y., Nimmannit, U., and Rojanasakul, Y. Toxicol Sci. 2015;143(2):499-511.
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Role for chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycan in NEDD9-mediated breast cancer cell growth.
Iida, J., Dorchak, J., Clancy, R., Slavik, J., Ellsworth, R., Katagiri, Y., Pugacheva, E. N., van Kuppevelt, T. H., Mural, R. J., Cutler, M. L., and Shriver, C. D. Exp Cell Res. 2015;330(2):358-370.
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Feasibility of tomotherapy for postoperative irradiation of lower extremity sarcomas.
Nguyen, N. P., Vock, J., Vinh-Hung, V., Khan, R., Slane, B., Sroka, T., Jang, S., Dias, V., Vo, R. A., Karlsson, U., and Chi, A. Tumori. 2014;100(4):466-469.
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NIH Notices
NIH Requests for Applications
NIH Program Announcements
Other Funding
University of Kentucky and WVCTSI partner for pilot grant funding opportunity
The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute has been named in a collaborative RFA with the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS). Details are provided below, with additional information on the UK CCTS website.
One award of up to $50,000, in total direct cost, will be given to a clinical and translational project that address health and health care issues relevant to the WVCTSI and UKCCTS and that is likely to lead to longer-term collaborative efforts will receive the strongest consideration for funding. This includes not only biomedical, clinical, and population research, but also research in areas that enhance clinical and translational research, such as biomedical informatics, biostatistics research and community based projects.
Questions should be directed to Meghan Reeves, at MREEVES1@hsc.wvu.eduor call (304) 293-6581.
The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the John Quale Travel Fellowship Program, a special opportunity for early career physicians and scientists interested in bladder cancer research to attend the Tenth Annual BCAN Bladder Cancer Think Tank, which will be held August 6-8, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers: Special Interest Project Competitive Supplements
DHHS/CDC
RFA-DP-15-008
The purpose of the Prevention Research Centers (PRC) program’s Special Interest Projects (SIPs) is
to support supplemental projects in health promotion and disease prevention research. A major focus
of this supplemental funding program is to design, test, and disseminate effective applied public
health prevention research strategies.
SIP 15-001 Integrating Self-Management Education with Cancer Survivorship Care Planning
SIP 15-002 Economic Impact of Clinical Trials Among Children Diagnosed with Cancer
SIP 15-003 Using Cancer Registry Data to Promote Proactive Tobacco Cessation among Adult Cancer Survivors
SIP 15-004 Utilizing Targeted Community Interventions to Increase Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Muslim Women
SIP 15-005 Economic Costs of Quality Assurance in Lung Cancer Screening Programs
SIP 15-006 Building Local Community Health Leadership for Action on Preventing Chronic Disease
SIP 15-007 HPV Vaccine Impact among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM)
SIP 15-008 Mycoplasma genitalium Among Men with Non-gonococcal Urethritis (NGU) Attending STD Clinics in the US
SIP 15-009 Serosorting and Other Seroadaptive Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) in the US-designing a Brief Survey Tool for Use in Clinical Practice
SIP 15-010 Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Physical Activity and Public Health Training Courses
SIP 15-011 Implementation and Evaluation of a Mall Walking Program |
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| Mar 4 |
2015 Spring CCB Seminar Series – 12P-1P, Room # 2157
Timothy Pardee, MD, PhD
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Targeting Metabolism in Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
| Mar 5-8 |
AACR special conference on Tumor Angiogenesis and Vascular Normalization: Bench to Bedside to Biomarkers
Hyatt Regency
Orlando, FL
For details |
| Mar 6 |
EMT Program meeting - 12P-1P, G-801 |
| Mar 13 |
CCB faculty meeting – 1P - 2P, G-801 |
| Mar 20 |
Allen Lung Cancer Program meeting - 12P - 1P, G-801
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| Mar 24 |
Picture Perfect: Where do I begin? - 2P, 201 Erma Byrd Conference Room
Join Imaging Facility staff for a discussion on where to begin when undertaking a new project or technique. |
| May 2 |
Komen Race for the Cure 5K – race starts at 9A, West Virginia State Capitol, Kanawha Boulevard, Charleston, WV
WVU Healthcare’s Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center is a sponsor.
More information |
| June 5 |
American Cancer Society Mon County Relay For Life – 7P, Hazel and JW Ruby Community Center at Mylan Park, Morgantown
WVU Healthcare’s Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center is a sponsor.
More information |
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