Uma Sundaram, M.D., vice dean for research at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and a board-certified gastroenterologist, has been awarded a five-year, $10.78 million grant from Read More
Shepherd University President Mary J.C. Hendrix presented the National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI) D. Walter Cohen, DDS Service to Science Award to Francis S. Collins, M.D., director of the National Read More
Marshall University’s digital forensics and information assurance program has joined the National CyberWatch Center, a consortium of higher education institutions, schools, businesses and government agencies that collaborate to advance cybersecurity Read More
Healthy Connections, a multi-partner group addressing the opioid addiction problem in western West Virginia and spearheaded by Marshall University and Marshall Health, has received a $1 million, in-kind gift from Read More
They call themselves the Boa Constructors, and they’re a group of problem solvers, visionaries, researchers and fabricators — and that’s in addition to tackling the everyday ins and outs of Read More
Concord University along with five partner institutions has been awarded $579,998 through the U.S. National Science Foundation’s EarthCube program which seeks to transform research in the earth sciences via publicly-accessible Read More
What if one of the prime suspects behind Alzheimer’s disease was a case of mistaken identity? Amyloid plaques, sticky buildup that accumulates in and around neurons in the brain, have Read More
West Virginia University researchers are leading commercial-scale research and development of two new innovations at the country’s most efficient coal-fired power plant in Maidsville. The devices, a corrosion sensor invented at Read More
A case report by a West Virginia University neuropsychologist suggests a new reason fentanyl—alone, or in combination with stimulants—may put substance users at risk, whether they take it knowingly or not. It Read More
Between 2010 and 2015, the combined overdose deaths from cocaine and psychostimulants with abuse potential—a drug category that includes methamphetamine, Adderall and Ritalin—equaled the number of overdose deaths from heroin. West Read More