West Virginia Medical Journal - 2025 - Quarter 4 | Page 6

CONTENTS

NEWS

10 Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
19 Health Care Leadership Summit Review
28 West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
30 West Virginia University School of Medicine

SCIENTIFIC

12 Cystic Fibrosis in West Virginia: A Review and Update
21 The First Prehospital Administration of Whole Blood in West Virginia for Atraumatic Hemorrhage
24 HPV Vaccination Status Does Not Predict COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Among a Cohort of West Virginian Adolescents

INSIDE WVSMA

6 Editor’ s Letter: Reading Deficits in West Virginia Impacting Medical School Admissions
8 Message from the President
32 West Virginia State Medical Association Manuscript Guidelines
* The research included in any editorial labeled“ News” has not been peer reviewed by the West Virginia Medical Journal Publications Committee.