Newsweek names WVU Medicine among World’s Best Hospitals
WVU Medicine has been recognized by Newsweek as part of its inaugural list of the World’s Best Hospitals.
According to Newsweek, the World’s Best Hospitals 2019 ranking lists the best hospitals in 11 countries: USA, Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia, and Israel. The countries were mainly selected based on standard of living/life expectancy, population size, number of hospitals, and data availability.
The list is based on three data sources: recommendations from medical experts, results from patient surveys, and medical key performance indicators on hospitals.
This ranking comes on the heels of last year’s U.S. News ranking of four WVU Medicine hospitals as part of its 2018-19 Best Hospitals in the United States.
“Our strategy is to provide the best quality and most comprehensive care to the people of West Virginia so they never have to leave the state to receive the care they need,” Albert Wright, Jr., president and CEO of the WVU Medicine West Virginia University Health System and West Virginia University Hospitals, said. “We have been making great progress in this over the past few years, and to have our health system recognized by Newsweek as one of the best in the world validates our strategy.”
The rankings will be published online and in the March 29 issue of Newsweek magazine.
WVU Relay for Life team The Mad Scientists
The WVU Relay for Life event is rapidly approaching and anyone who wishes to donate or attend needs to be registered. Our team is called the “Mad Scientists” and we need your support! This is a BIG event for our graduate students and they are trying to raise $1,500. We are only 60% there.
As a reminder, the event will take place on Friday, April 12 from 6PM-Midnight at the Shell building next to the Coliseum. If you are interested in helping out, attending (volunteer activity), or have any questions, please contact Jessica Allen (jcallen@mix.wvu.edu) or Coty Johnson (bdj0003@mix.wvu.edu).
JAMA Oncology features Kanate’s study
The Journal of the American Medical Association Oncology has featured a study from first author and project lead, Abraham Kanate, M.D.
Kanate, who serves as an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, led an international consesus project, “Maintenance Therapies for Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas After Autologous Transplantation.”
Maintenance therapies are often considered as a therapeutic strategy in patients with lymphoma following autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation to mitigate the risk of disease relapse.
Kanate’s additional roles include being the Medical Director of the WVU Cancer Institute’s Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Cellular Therapy Program.
WVU’s inaugural Research Week celebrates ‘research with purpose’
West Virginia University’s inaugural Research Week is more than a showcase of the work done at the state’s only R1 Research Institute; it’s a celebration of the faculty and students across campus who pursue ground-breaking research in all disciplines.
As part of the Cancer Institute’s interdisciplinary Science Exchange lecture series, faculty members Nick Wu and Peng Li will present “Nanomedicine: Optical Detection Imaging and Treatment of Cancer” April 5 from 12-1 p.m. in G119 A&B Health Sciences North.
This event will be webcast for those that can’t attend in person
Research Week 2019 Full Schedule
Tayvia Brownmiller selected for The 3-Minute Thesis Competition during WVU Research Week
This is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland, Australia, for graduate research students. This competition challenges graduate students to present their research topic and its significance in three minutes and using just one slide.
Brownmiller, who is a PhD candidate, will present "Y Chromosome and Lung Cancer: It’s Not Just About Sex." Her advisor is Dr. Ivan Martinez in the
Cancer Cell Biology Program, Biomedical Sciences, WVU School of Medicine.
Community-engaged research seminar scheduled
WVCTSI’s Clinical and Translational Research Seminar Series will host its final sessions focusing on effectively engaging the community in a research agenda. Dr. Sally Hodder, WVCTSI director and associate vice president for clinical and translational science, will present, “Strategies for Developing and Engaging a Successful Community Advisory Board” April 12 from noon to 1 p.m. in room 201 of the WVU Health Sciences Center Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Building.
CPC Welcomes Zack Jarrett to the Team
Please join Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) in welcoming Zack Jarrett to our team. Zack joined CPC in March and works with the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program (WVBCCSP) as a Community Clinic Interventionist. Zack supports primary care clinics to increase breast and cervical cancer screening with evidence-based interventions and collaborates with communities to facilitate cancer screening services for women across southern WV.
Zack graduated from WVU with his Bachelor’s degree in Sociology & Anthropology. He is currently working on his Master’s Degree in Applied Anthropology and a graduate certificate in Public Health. Zack lives in Morgantown with his wife Brittany who is a WVUCI Infusion Nurse.
The mission of the WVBCCSP is to prevent disease, disability, and premature death due to breast and/or cervical cancer. CPC leads three components of the WVBCCSP under a contract with the WV Bureau for Public Health: policy and environmental change, community-clinic linkages, and primary care systems change. The WVBCCSP is part of CDC’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. |
