We Are ... Marshall for August 2, 2023

The Newsletter for Marshall University Aug. 2, 2023

Faculty and Staff

Marshall to receive $2.8 million to expand nurse practitioner training

The Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine has been awarded $2.8 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand its nurse practitioner training program through Marshall Health. The four-year HRSA grant (#23-009) will allow Marshall to effectively double its internal medicine nurse practitioner (NP) fellowship program to include four trainees …

Update on 'Project Marco'

We are pleased to share that work to formalize the relationship among our three entities —Marshall Health, the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and Mountain Health Network — under the name “Project Marco” is continuing in earnest with the goal of having a Definitive Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding signed by October 1, 2023. The Letter of Intent (LOI) signed in April was the first step …

From the Office of Public Safety: 3rd Avenue parking lot to be closed until Monday

On Wednesday, Aug. 2, the parking lot located at 16th Street and Third Avenue will be closed for paving and striping until Monday Aug. 7. The west half of the Weisberg Engineering lot will also be closed for lot maintenance. Please park in other available lots or the Third Avenue parking garage during this time. Additional information will be sent if any …

Marshall Libraries closed temporarily for in-service on Aug. 3

The MU Libraries will be closed from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 3, for training. During these hours, general library services including library chat, in person access to the Morrow, Drinko and South Charleston campus libraries will be unavailable. Library hold materials may be picked up at Drinko after 2 p.m. and the library will close at its …

Marshall researchers to study oral cancer prevention

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the Marshall University School of Pharmacy a $444,000 research enhancement grant to explore possible preventive treatments for oral cancer. Oral cancer, also known as squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck cancer (SCCHN), is the sixth most common cancer worldwide. It is caused by smoking, drinking, the Human papillomavirus (HPV) and …

Enhanced in-state toxicology services available at Marshall Health

Marshall Health and Mountain Health Network have realigned their toxicology services to best meet the needs of health care providers and employers. The drug testing, compliance monitoring, specimen collection and provider consultations previously provided by Mountain Health Clinical Solutions has been rebranded as Marshall Toxicology as a platform for more timely and comprehensive toxicological analyses. “Under the Marshall Health umbrella, …

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First 'Dolly Day' to take place Aug. 9 with statewide events

More than 50,000 West Virginia children under five years old are registered to receive a free book each month through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program. The free books are offered to all children in the state, from birth to age five, regardless of family income. Last year, during a special event where Dolly Parton visited Charleston, West Virginia, to celebrate …

School of Art and Design to open new exhibition Aug. 14

The Marshall University School of Art and Design will present a new exhibition, For Those of Us Still Living, featuring the artworks of artist Jim Arendt, which will be on view Aug. 14 through Sept. 7 in the Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll Gallery, located in the Visual Arts Center at 927 3rd Ave. The exhibition breathes new life …

Medical students work to fulfill end-of-life wishes for hospice patients

Medical students at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine are working through the DreamCatchers Foundation to fulfill the end-of-life wishes of terminally ill patients in partnership with Hospice of Huntington. By establishing a new chapter of DreamCatchers within the medical school, medical students at Marshall will gain valuable insights into compassionate care and support for those facing life-limiting illnesses. …

The next regular issue of We Are...Marshall will be distributed Aug. 9, 2023. Please send items for consideration to WAMnewsletter@marshall.edu by 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, 2023.

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