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A groundbreaking study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine provides new insights into the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and its associated health impacts. Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine and the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine led by David Gozal, M.D., M.B.A.,

Dominic J. Raymond and Liam R. Skiffington, two fourth-year medical students at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, matched into residency programs at the nation’s top military health care facilities. Raymond, a native of Morgantown, West Virginia, successfully matched in operational medicine, a one-year residency program at Brooke Army Medical Center in

The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine has named Stephen M. Petrany, M.D., to the new role of vice dean of addiction sciences and recovery. A board-certified family medicine physician, Petrany has served as professor and chair of the Department of Family & Community Health at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine

On Nov. 14, 1970, a Southern Airways DC-9 crashed near the Huntington Tri-State Airport, claiming the lives of all 75 individuals on board, including 37 members of the Marshall University football team, eight coaching staff, 25 boosters, community members, and five Southern Airways employees. Seventy children lost at least one parent, and 18 were orphaned

Marshall University engineering student and Yeager Scholar Tyler Hebert will become a published writer in the Winter 2024 issue of Public Roads, a magazine published by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. Hebert’s essay, “Intumescent Paint Protection in the Transportation Industry,” will be featured as part of a student writing competition.

Marshall University will host the annual Christmas concert of the Brass Band of the TriState at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, in Smith Recital Hall on the Marshall campus. Under the direction of Dr. Michael Stroeher, a professor of low brass at Marshall, the group will perform Christmas music from the Medieval era up to

The Marshall University Foundation has announced a grant of $50,000 from the American Electric Power Foundation to benefit the Department of Communication Disorders, Marshall University Speech and Hearing Center and the Huntington Scottish Rite Foundation. The grant supports two objectives, which are technology training and community outreach, and the growth of diversity, equity, inclusion and

The Marshall University Foundation has announced that Wes and Martha Richardson have pledged $50,000 in support of the new Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation at Marshall University with Northwestern Mutual matching the gift for a combined $100,000. Hailing from Huntington, Wes Richardson, the managing partner of Northwestern Mutual West Virginia, and Martha

Marshall University Professor Rachael Peckham will present the keynote December Commencement address on Saturday, Dec. 9, at Mountain Health Arena in Huntington.Peckham is a professor of English at Marshall University, teaching courses in the art and literature of creative nonfiction, including autobiography, memoir and the personal essay. Since joining Marshall University’s faculty in 2009, Peckham

David Gozal, M.D., M.B.A., Ph.D. (Hon), vice president of Health Affairs and dean of the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, was named to the 2023 list of Highly Cited Researchers™ list by Clarivate™. Of the world’s population of scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers are one in 1,000. Each researcher selected