November 2009

WSU E2 Challenge winner plans launch of his business in the alternative energy field

Six months ago, WSU mathematics graduate student and Ann Arbor, Mich., resident David Collins had a great business idea, but little knowledge of how to make it a reality. Now Collins, who is also...

Wayne State to host free science and engineering career exploration event for high school and college students

DETROIT- Today's world of highly skilled workers trained in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEMs) is faltering, particularly among underrepresented populations. It is these areas...

Wayne State University spin-off, SenSound, and Revware, Inc. announce launch of new product for resolving noise and sound problems in wide range of products and industries

DETROIT, MICHIGAN. November 2, 2009. SenSound, LLC and its digitizer manufacturing partner, Revware, Inc., announced today the launch SenCAH, a product that combines SenSound's compact acoustical...

Wayne State University researcher discovers dynamic nature of gene editing enzyme

DETROIT- The heart of one of nature's gene editing enzymes has at least three different forms, according to a paper just published by a Wayne State researcher. The discovery is essential for...

October 2009

NIH comes to Michigan Nov. 11 to brief life sciences community

Officials from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will brief Michigan's life sciences community - from academic researchers to entrepreneurs and industry scientists - on new...

Wayne State senior leads grassroots effort for food sustainability in Detroit through “action research”

DETROIT- For anyone who has ever attended a Wayne State farmers market or spent time in an on-campus garden, chances are they've met Will Ahee. The Wayne State urban studies senior and resident of...

U-M/WSU center announces 2009 pilot scholars

The Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) has selected three researchers as 2009 pilot scholars. MCUAAAR is a collaborative research and administrative effort based at...

Wayne State to launch child-focused obesity center funded by $5.7 million NIH grant

DETROIT-While obesity is a growing problem with Americans, it is significantly higher among African Americans, particularly in children and adolescents. To date, there have been few studies of...

WSU partners with Duke, University of Washington and Group Health Research Institute to develop ResearchToolkit.org

Wayne State University, in partnership with the Duke University Translational Medicine Institute, the University of Washington's Institute for Translational Health Sciences and Group Health Research...

Wayne State University School of Medicine secures additional grant for Women's Reproductive Health Career Development Center

The Wayne State University School of Medicine continues its role as a leader in obstetric and gynecological research with the renewal of national funding for the only Women's Reproductive Health...

Wayne State University to lead $6.25 million NIH research program on one of the most common inherited neurological disorders: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

DETROIT-The National Institutes of Health announced yesterday a second phase of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network totaling $117 million which includes funds for 19 research consortia. Wayne...

Wayne State University researchers receive funding to seek new ways to halt sight threatening disease, retinopathy, feared by diabetics

DETROIT- Renu A. Kowluru, Ph.D., professor of ophthalmology, anatomy/cell biology and endocrinology at Wayne State University's School of Medicine and the Kresge Eye Institute, has secured additional...

Wayne State University announces fifth annual E2 Detroit entrepreneurship conference

DETROIT-Wayne State University will host the fifth annual E2 Detroit conference on Thursday, Oct. 15. Built upon the foundation of entrepreneurship and excellence, E2 Detroit provides attendees with...

Michigan computer pioneer Rick Inatome to speak at WSU’s E2 Detroit Oct. 15;

DETROIT-Officials at Wayne State University announced today that Rick Inatome, Michigan native, life-long entrepreneur and co-founder of two multi-billion-dollar companies - Michigan-based Inacomp...

September 2009

Wayne State's School of Medicine exploring alternative therapies to reduce anxiety in children undergoing MRIs

DETROIT- Three Wayne State University School of Medicine researchers will explore complementary and alternative medicine therapies to reduce anxiety in children undergoing magnetic resonance imaging...

Michigan’s URC rises in rankings: R&D, high tech climbs

Michigan's University Research Corridor has grown in all competitive categories over the past two years, rising among the nation's top research and development clusters for producing patents...

Wayne State University to lead first ever combined imaging and genetics study in childhood OCD

Dr. David Rosenberg DETROIT-Wayne State University officials announced today an expansion of a research grant of nearly $2.7 million, bringing the total award to over $6.1...

Wayne State researcher helps Troy High School senior jumpstart med school dreams

DETROIT- She still has a year of high school to go, but Troy High School student Gayathri Kollipara already knows the day-to-day routine of a brain researcher. Since March, Kollipara has shadowed...

WSU researchers receive $1.32 million to develop technology for clean, renewable fuel alternative

DETROIT- Understanding the process by which solar energy can be used to create an alternative to fossil fuel is the focus of $1.32 million Department of Energy grant recently awarded to three faculty...

WSU faculty receives stimulus funds to continue congenital abnormality in children study

Tej Mattoo, MD, professor and chief of Pediatric Nephrology at Wayne State University's School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Michigan, recently received $267,999 in stimulus funds from the...

Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute receive additional funding to improve access to cancer care

DETROIT-Nationwide, African Americans have the highest death rate of all racial or ethnic groups, according to the American Cancer Society. In an effort to find answers to this alarming problem...

August 2009

Wayne State director of the Institute of Gerontology edits once-a-decade journal on Alzheimer’s

Peter Lichtenberg, Ph.D., director of Wayne State University's Institute of Gerontology, is guest editor of the spring issue of "Generations," a once-a-decade update on Alzheimer's and other...

WSU/KCI review of breast and cervical cancer screening program highlights need to address economic challenges of uncompensated care

DETROIT-With approximately 44 million Americans uninsured, health care systems and providers bear much of the financial burden by providing unreimbursed services. The absence of health insurance is...

Wayne State partners with state to train first wave of Michigan’s electric and hybrid vehicle workforce

Wayne State University and the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth (DELEG) are partnering to train hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) engineers as the state's automotive industry...

Wayne State University announces fifth annual E2 Detroit conference

Wayne State University and TechTown, WSU's business incubator, will host the fifth annual E2 Detroit conference Thursday, Oct. 15. This event, co-sponsored by WSU, TechTown and WWJ Newsradio 950, and...

Wayne State University researchers awarded $18 million in federal stimulus grants

Detroit - Wayne State University faculty have received nearly $18 million in research grants under the federal government's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act program. The 32 grants include 27...

WSU project works to improve special education for minority students in southwest Detroit

DETROIT- Minority children with disabilities may have a more successful education ahead of them, thanks to a Wayne State project promoting family support to improve in special education...

Wayne State receives $5 million grant for electric vehicle engineering program

As part of President Barak Obama's economic recovery plan to revitalize the automotive industry, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded Wayne State University a $5 million federal grant to provide an...

July 2009

The Physics of Star Trek author to speak at Wayne State University

Astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss, author of seven popular books including the international best-seller, The Physics of Star Trek, will lecture on "Einstein's Biggest Blunder: A Cosmic Mystery Story,"...

WSU developing efficient, cost-effective method for outsourcing large-scale data crunching and computer storage

DETROIT- As today's businesses struggle to meet their needs for large-scale information processing and storage, one Wayne State researcher is working to make outsourcing these services a more...

Health Enhancement Products Announces Positive Preliminary Analysis of Wayne State University Study

SCOTTSDALE, AZ- July 15, 2009-- Health Enhancement Products, Inc. (OTC BB: HEPI.OB) today announced preliminary results of its study to confirm the efficacy of the ProAlgaZyme (PAZ) bioactive...

Six Wayne State University student teams pursuing entrepreneurial dreams

DETROIT-What do six student groups plus six great entrepreneurial ideas equal? Wayne State University officials think it may be a key to boosting our economy and the start of great careers for their...

June 2009

Michigan Technology & Research Institute of Ann Arbor to partner with Wayne State University on potential new treatment of depression

DETROIT-The Michigan Technology & Research Institute (MITRI), in Ann Arbor, Mich., and Wayne State University have partnered to organize a drug development company based on several neurosciences...

University of Sydney faculty member to join Wayne State University as Fulbright Scholar

DETROIT- Wayne State University is pleased to welcome Dr. Joshua Burns who will spend three months at in the School of Medicine as a 2009 Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar. Burns is a faculty member of...

Wayne State University researcher defines new treatment intervention recommendations for mini-strokes

DETROIT-A Wayne State University School of Medicine professor has co-written a new definition and national treatment recommendations for transient ischemic attacks (TIA) or "mini-strokes." The new...

May 2009

Wayne State researcher receives grant to expand program for treating Borderline Personality Disorder

DETROIT-The Wayne State University program that provides scientifically-proven treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder recently received a $48,000 award from the Flinn Foundation to expand...

Wayne State researcher tests new, comprehensive therapy for mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse

DETROIT- For people suffering with both severe mental health and substance use disorder, the best treatment could be a combination of patient-centered therapies, according to a Wayne State...

Wayne State researcher developing strategy for integrating alternative energy sources with existing power grids

DETROIT- A Wayne State researcher is developing a strategy that manages new and old energy sources in one dynamic, integrated system that's more efficient and reliable than current energy...

Wayne State Web site helps students cross the ‘Phinish’ line

DETROIT-Tom Jankowski battled writer's block for four years. While trying to complete his dissertation, he got distracted by a full-time job that lulled him further from his life's goal. "I...

April 2009

Wayne State University and Children’s Hospital of Michigan research team discover chemical that plays a major role in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder

DETROIT- Wayne State University medical researchers recently discovered a chemical that plays a major role in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). David Rosenberg, M.D., the Miriam L...

Wayne State researcher works to improve refining process for cleaner burning gas and use of North American oil sources

DETROIT- A Wayne State researcher is working to improve a step in the crude oil refining process which could result in gasoline that burns cleaner and may allow for North American crude oil to be...

WSU researcher receives Department of Defense award to develop computer model of mild traumatic brain injury

DETROIT- Liying Zhang, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical engineering in WSU's College of Engineering and resident of Troy, Mich., received a $214,306 award from the U.S. Department of Defense...

WSU researcher develops pervasive sensor network for next-generation Internet

DETROIT- A Wayne State University researcher received $127,874 from the National Science Foundation to develop the framework for a network that connects pervasive, embedded sensors that are highly...

March 2009

Health Enhancement Products announces grant to Wayne State University to analyze effects of PAZ organic compounds on cholesterol and inflammation

Scottsdale, AZ and Detroit, MI - Health Enhancement Products, Inc. (HEPI-OTCBB) has awarded a grant to the Department of Nutrition and Food Science at Wayne State University to conduct a study to...

Wayne State University scientists ID new biomarker for prostate cancer

DETROIT-Researchers at Wayne State University have identified a new marker for prostate cancer progression that may one day lead to new treatments. Prostate cancer, one of the most prevalent...

Wayne State physicists play major role in Fermilab discovery on Higgs mass

DETROIT-The Higgs particle is a keystone in the theoretical framework known as the Standard Model of particles and their interactions. According to the Standard Model, the Higgs boson explains why...

Wayne State researcher receives grant to study nanoconfined water for biological and engineering applications

DETROIT- Peter Hoffmann, Ph.D., associate professor of physics in WSU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and resident of St. Clair Shores, Mich., received a $365,000 award from the National...

Wayne State researcher receives National Science Foundation grant to develop a high tech, more efficient security system

DETROIT-Nabil Sarhan, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in WSU's College of Engineering and resident of Dearborn, Mich., received $290,000 from the National Science...

URC research officials to testify on Michigan’s transformation

LANSING - Leading researchers and entrepreneurs from Michigan's University Research Corridor will testify before the state House March 18 on how universities can help transform Michigan's...

Wayne State University to host lecture, “The Sustainable Energy Challenge”

DETROIT-The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Wayne State University is hosting the 2009 Vaden W. Miles Memorial lecture on March 26, 2009, featuring guest speaker, George W. Crabtree, Ph.D...

February 2009

Wayne State University research team designs new measure that better predicts resulting problems in children exposed to maternal drinking

DETROIT-There is increased awareness that drinking during pregnancy is harmful and can lead to a range of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs), including the serious Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)...

Wayne State researchers receive nearly $900,000 from Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to investigate strategies for stopping diabetic retinopathy in its early stages

DETROIT- Preventing the progression of the most common and serious eye-related complication of diabetes is the aim of three separate studies by researchers in Wayne State University's School of...

Wayne State researcher heads $1 million study on effectiveness of personal coaching for college students with ADHD

DETROIT- Sharon Field, EdD, professor of administrative and organizational studies and co-director of the Center for Self-Determination and Transition in Wayne State University's College of...

January 2009

Wayne State University plays role in study revealing seasoned airline pilots may be at risk of DNA damage from ionizing radiation

Wayne State University plays role in study revealing seasoned airline pilots may be at risk of DNA damage from ionizing radiation DETROIT- Airline pilots who have flown for many years may be at risk...

Wayne State researcher studies gene that contributes to breast cancer disparity in Caucasian and Asian women

DETROIT- New research from Wayne State University's School of Medicine has identified a gene that may contribute to the racial disparity in breast cancer incidence among Asian and Caucasian women...

WSU researcher receives grant to study the neurobiology of depressed adolescent daughters of depressed mothers

DETROIT - Major depressive disorder affects 1 in 20 teenagers at any point in time, yet its neurobiology remains poorly understood. Frank MacMaster, Ph.D., a postdoctoral research assistant, was...