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The Newsletter for Marshall University July 27, 2022
Faculty and Staff
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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has appointed James C. “Jim” Smith to the Marshall University Board of Governors. Smith, who splits his time between Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, and Toronto, will serve a four-year term ending June 30, 2026. The former president and CEO of information and media giant Thomson Reuters, Smith is a 1981 graduate of Marshall, which he …
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A new study by Marshall researchers shows prescription drug brand names are increasingly unlike everyday American English, charting measurable trends in letter selection. The findings recently published in Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy found that the letters A, V, X and Z are overrepresented in prescription drug names while letters E, H, T and S are underrepresented. Researchers …
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The School of Music will host Drum Corps International, or DCI Huntington, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. The drum corps competition will include performances by drum corps groups from throughout the United States. Community members are invited and can enjoy performances by: The Blue Knights of Denver, Colorado The Colts of Dubuque, Iowa Gold …
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Dr. Asad Salem and his wife, Ghada Hamad, have recently established the Zaynab Salem Scholarship, named for their daughter, to support first-generation college students studying mechanical engineering at Marshall University’s College of Engineering and Computer Sciences. The couple had also established the Ebraheem Salem Engineering Scholarship in 2021 in memory of their son, who was Zaynab Salem’s twin brother. Zaynab …
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Researchers from six institutions evaluated more than 50 years of data from U.S. medical schools to identify longitudinal trends in gender equality in rank and tenure. The study, published last month in Academic Medicine, revealed large historical changes in medical school expansion, medical education and economics have shifted national gender curves at all academic ranks. However, additional changes remain necessary …
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Marshall University’s M.S. in Computer Science program earned a sixth-place ranking in FORTUNE’s Best Online Master’s in Computer Science Degrees in 2022. Marshall’s program aims to help students learn the latest knowledge, skills and professional practices in computing fields to tackle the newest challenges in the field, to further their careers, increase their earning potential or to work toward a …
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Dr. Sasha Zill and colleagues from West Virginia University presented a poster at the NSF/NIH sponsored Brain Initiative Meeting June 22. The poster was titled "Load feedback from a dynamically scaled robotic model of Carausius morosus middle leg" and was presented by grad student Will Zyhowski of WVU. This research, in Neurobiology/Neurorobotics, was supported by a grant from the NSF …
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James A. Dauber PT, DPT, D.Sc., Cert. MDT, associate professor in the School of Physical Therapy, achieved RMSK certification this month. He is now registered in Musculoskeletal (RMSK) sonography. He joins an elite group of physicians and physical therapists with this certification. There is only one other practitioner in West Virginia who is RMSK certified. By earning the musculoskeletal ultrasound …
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The Marshall University Center of Excellence for Recovery, through an agreement with the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services (DHHR) Bureau of Social Services, has established the Traumatic-Sensitive Workplace program. The agreement will provide $1.3 million in funding to the center to work closely with child welfare workers throughout the state. This program will work with child welfare …
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Marshall University’s B.S. in Occupational Safety and Health earned a 14th place ranking by Best Health Degrees in its list of the top 25 Bachelor's in Occupational Health and Safety for 2022. The program prepares students for jobs related to prevention of accidents, illnesses, fires, explosions and other events that hurt workers or damage property and the environment. It utilizes …
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Marshall has been awarded a $132,500 grant from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau of Behavioral Health (WV DHHR BBH) to develop a Peer Workforce Training Hub. The BBH seeks to expand the workforce capacity of those trained and/or seeking training and/or employed or seeking employment as a Peer Recovery Support Specialist (PRSS) in West Virginia. …
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Coronavirus Statistics:New Cases Since July 13, 2022 Students: 9
Faculty: 2
Staff*: 4 * Includes auxiliary employees (Sodexo, Aetna, Rec Center, etc.) All testing is being done in partnership with Marshall Health, Cabell Huntington Hospital, Pleasant Valley Hospital, QLabs Inc. and MedExpress Urgent Care. The most recent information is always available at www.marshall.edu/coronavirus/dashboard. |
The next regular issue of We Are...Marshall will be distributed Aug. 3, 2022. Please send items for consideration to WAMnewsletter@marshall.edu by 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. |
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