December 2008

Wayne State University spin-off awarded $100,000 National Science Foundation SBIR grant

DETROIT, MICHIGAN.   December 18, 2008.   SenSound, LLC announced today that its application for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to develop an innovative...

$275,000 GRANT FOR NEW PROJECT TO TRACK SENIOR POPULATION

Two local agencies dedicated to helping older adults will share $275,000 to conduct a two-year pilot program entitled, Seniors Count! The project will collect data about senior demographics from a...

November 2008

School of Medicine team receive NSF grant to study evolutionary origins of the brain and learning

An interdisciplinary group of Wayne State University School of Medicine researchers has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to delve into how the human brain learns, whether...

Wayne State researcher studies damaging effects of fetal pesticide exposure on the neurodevelopment of toddlers

DETROIT- Household pesticides have been long-recognized as neurotoxins - substances that can affect the development of brain growth and function, either temporarily or permanently. Now, a new study...

First study of war-related mental disorders among Iraqis 10 years post-Gulf War published by researchers at Wayne State University and Basrah University, Iraq

DETROIT-A team of researchers from Wayne State University, in collaboration with Basrah Medical College in Basrah, Iraq, released a study published in The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine today on...

October 2008

WSU research team receive grant to develop simple blood test for detecting breast cancer

DETROIT - A Wayne State University research team led by Felix Fernandez-Madrid, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Internal Medicine in the School of Medicine, was awarded a three-year, $1.67 million...

WSU researcher investigates potential link between beetle outbreak in Yellowstone and climate change

DETROIT- Scientists may soon be closer to understanding the intricate connection between a large scale insect outbreak in Yellowstone National Park and global climate change, thanks to the work of...

Michigan’s role in National Children’s Study expanded with $57 million NIH grant

DETROIT— Wayne State University is playing a major role in the most ambitious children’s health research project in history. The National Institutes of Health...

Wayne State to host E2detroit entrepreneurial conference

DETROIT—Wayne State University will be hosting a stellar line-up of speakers and panel discussion facilitators at its fourth annual E2detroit Entrepreneur’s Conference on Wednesday...

September 2008

Wayne State researcher developing new method to reduce complications of severe hemophilia in children

DETROIT– Meera Chitlur, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics, Department of Hematology/Oncology in WSU’s School of Medicine and resident of Northville, Mich...

Wayne State researcher developing new method to reduce complications of severe hemophilia in children

DETROIT- Meera Chitlur, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics, Department of Hematology/Oncology in WSU's School of Medicine and resident of Northville, Mich., recently received a grant for $49,910...

Study to be released by Michigan Prospect on the Economic Benefits of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Media Alert A new independent study commissioned by Michigan Prospect, a nonprofit institute working to develop sound public policy in Michigan, will be released on Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. ...

Wayne State researcher investigates new ideas on the forming of gold and how to find it

DETROIT– It’s been avidly studied by geologists for centuries, but one Wayne State University researcher is proving there is still much to learn about the formation and discovery of...

August 2008

Wayne State research team receives NSF award that will create computerassisted diagnosis tools for various brain diseases

Detroit, Mich. - A team of researchers at Wayne State University were recently awarded $295,022 from the National Science Foundation to develop novel computational methods that will be applied to...

Wayne State hosting civic leadership program for Middle Eastern students

Wayne State's Center for Peace and Conflict Studies is hosting the Student Leaders Program, funded by a $278,000 grant from U.S. Department of State's Middle East Partnership Initiative...