August 2008
- Dr. Frederic Pearson Hosting Civic Leadership Program for Middle Eastern Students
- Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2008
University students from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and other Middle Eastern and North African countries have gathered on Wayne State's campus to take in all the inter-cultural living, leadership and civic activism that Detroit has to offer. Wayne State's Center for Peace and Conflict Studies...
- Michigan Initiative for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Awards Announced - Drs. Jeff Loeb and Richard Beltramini Receive Awards
- Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2008
A new consortium of Michigan's 15 state universities known as the Michigan Initiative for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (MIIE) announced the first round of awards in a multi-year, multi-million dollar effort to help rebuild the state's economy on a foundation of diversified, knowledge-based...
- New Study by Dr. Scott Bowen Finds Common Household Solvent, Toluene, Induces Serious Stimulant Effects
- Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2008
A household solvent commonly abused by adolescents in "glue sniffing" may be more dangerous than previously thought, according to a study by a Wayne State University researcher featured in the current issue of NIDA Notes, a monthly publication of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dr. Scott...
- Dr. Csaba Juhasz Studying Potential Method for Improved Brain Tumor Detection
- Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2008
Dr. Csaba Juhasz, assistant professor of pediatrics and neurology at Wayne State University's School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Michigan, recently received a $1.5 million award from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health for a new imaging technique that poses...
- New Combination of Drug Therapies Found to Significantly Lower Blood Pressure in Blacks; Dr. John Flack Presented Findings to the National Medical Association
- Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2008
African-Americans have a higher risk of developing high blood pressure, the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease, than other ethnic groups according to the American Heart Association. A research study performed at Wayne State University has found a new combination of drugs, a calcium...
- NIH Grant Proposal Review Opportunity
- Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2008
Wayne State University's School of Medicine and the Office of the Vice President for Research are co-hosting an opportunity for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant proposal review on September 11-12, 2008 for full-time WSU faculty. SOM and OVPR are pleased to bring Dr. Martin Padarathsingh...
- Fly America - It's the Law
- Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2008
Recipients of Federal financial assistance funds (i.e. federal grants) are required to abide by the provisions of the Fly America Act - - but what does that mean? The Fly America Act requires that foreign air travel funded with Federal dollars be performed on U.S. flag air carriers, unless one...
- New Provisional Fund Request (PFR) Form - Replaces FAR Form
- Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2008
A new Provisional Fund Request Form has been created to alleviate problems with the former FAR forms used to establish tentative accounts. Changes to the form include: -The name more accurately describes the purpose. It is a request to establish a provisional (temporary) account, or amend a...
- Dr. Stemmler's Ferritin Research Published by Science Magazine
- Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2008
Science Magazine has published an article by Timothy L. Stemmler, Ph.D., associate professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the School of Medicine. Dr. Stemmler's article, "A Cystosolic Iron Chaperone That Delivers Iron to Ferritin," was published May 30. The groundbreaking study...
- Dr. Zhe Yang Receives Scientist Development Grant from the National American Heart Association
- Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2008
Zhe Yang, Ph.D., assistant professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the School of Medicine, has been awarded a four-year Scientist Development Grant from the National American Heart Association to further his research of an enzyme that could lead to new treatments to combat arrhythmia and...
- THE RALPH WILSON MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2008 Research Grants for Discovery in the Biomedical Sciences
- Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2008
The Ralph Wilson Medical Foundation has announced its 2008 Research Grant Program for Discovery in Biomedical Sciences at the following five leading research institutions: -The Cleveland Clinic -The Mayo Clinic -The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at the University of Miami -Roswell...
- 5th Annual Research Forum at the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2008
On September 10, 2008, the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will host its 5th annual Research Forum, Gordon Research Conferences: Paving the Frontiers of Science. The program will begin at 11:00 a.m. at 259 Mack in the lower level auditorium with keynote speaker, Dr. Nancy...
- Research Stimulation Program for Tenured Faculty Announced
- Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2008
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) is pleased to offer a new faculty program aimed to reenergize and increase the scholarly productivity of tenured faculty at WSU whose productivity has declined from previous peaks. OVPR would like to partner with schools and departments to...