October 2007
- New AIC Process Improves Faculty Research Efforts
- Posted: Monday, October 8, 2007
The Animal Investigation Committee (AIC) announced the creation of a new protocol submission process that has significantly improved the protocol approval rate and reduced the paperwork required for submission In June, the AIC implemented a protocol pre-review process and began accepting protocol...
- WSU to host "The Big Event About Little Things"
- Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
It's the last week to register for the big event about little things, a national conference on Emerging Nanoscience Applications in Technology and Biomedicine (ENATBIO), which will take place on October 15 and 16 at WSU's McGregor Conference Center. WSU faculty can pre-register at the discounted...
- Nano@Wayne Seminar Series Announced
- Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
Students and faculty are invited to attend the free Nano@Wayne seminar series hosted by the Office of the Vice President for Research. All seminars will be held at the Welcome Center Auditorium located at 41 W. Warren at the corner of Woodward—a short walk from the medical and main...
- CAPEWAYNE Co-Sponsors 1st Regional Conference
- Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
The Center to Advance Palliative-Care Excellence at WSU’s College of Nursing is presenting it’s first regional conference, “The Palliative Care Collaborative,” from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 12 at the Doubletree Hotel, Dearborn at 5801 Southfield Service Drive. Co-sponsored by Hospices...
- Midwest Research Collaborative Network
- Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
The Midwest Research Collaborative Network was recently launched to provide networking opportunities to researchers from academia and industry within the local Midwest region. The Network will be hosting a series of one-day forums each with a specific focus. The next meeting will be held at...
- WSU’s 2007-2008 Internal Research Support Booklet Now Online
- Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
To support and encourage research endeavors at the university, the Office of the Vice President for Research offers a variety of internal research funding opportunities for which faculty are eligible to compete. Additionally, the Graduate School, Office of the Provost, Honors Program, Humanities...
- WSU Internal Funding Opportunities – November Deadline
- Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
There are four internal grant opportunities available in November 2007. They are: 1. Detroit Medical Center Faculty Scholar Award (winter) The 2008 DMC Faculty Scholar Award Program will fund studies that focus on translating WSU faculty research into studies of clinical practice at...
- Announcing Pre-Submission Review Program
- Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
The Office of the Vice President for Research has created a new program to assist with grant proposal review. Requests to cover the expense of an internal or external review of a grant proposal will be considered. Internal reviewers will receive $300, to be placed in the reviewer's F & A...
- The Library Company of Philadelphia Fellowships 2008 - 2009
- Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
The Library Company NEH Post-Doctoral Fellowship supports research in residence at the Library Company on any subject relevant to its collections, which are capable of supporting research in a variety of fields and disciplines relating to the history of America and the Atlantic world from the 17th...
- Grant Opportunities with Fixed Number of Submissions
- Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
There are a number of external grant opportunities with a fixed number of submissions that WSU is allowed to submit. Applicants interested in submitting for any of these opportunities should typically submit 1) listing of all key WSU faculty personnel and their departmental affiliations, as well...
- Tej Mattoo, M.D. honored by The NephCure Foundation
- Posted: Monday, October 8, 2007
The NephCure Foundation honored Tej Mattoo, M.D., professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Chief of Pediatric Nephrology & Hypertension at Children's Hospital of Michigan, for his efforts seeking the cause and cure for the kidney conditions, Nephrotic Syndrome and Focal Segmental...
- Wayne State University and University of Windsor Forge International Partnership on Public Health Research
- Posted: Monday, October 8, 2007
The Presidents of the University of Windsor and Wayne State University recently came together with the mayor of Windsor, Mr. Eddie Francis, to discuss an international collaborative project, known as the North American Public Health Institute (NAPHI), which the two universities are creating to...
- President's Conference on Health Disparities - Call for Abstracts
- Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
Wayne State University and the Center for Urban and African American Health are hosting the President's Conference on Health Disparities on November 15, 2007 at WSU's McGregor Conference Center. Healthcare professionals and students are invited to submit abstracts concerning the treatment and...
- Department of Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series
- Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
The Department of Computer Science is hosting a Distinguished Lecture Series supported in part by Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation and the WSU Graduate School. The following lectures will take place in the Bernath Auditorium, David Adamany Undergraduate Library at 3:00 p.m. with a...
- Dr. Weiss cracks code for genetic eye disease
- Posted: Monday, October 8, 2007
For over 18 years, Jayne S. Weiss, M.D., professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology at WSU's School of Medicine has been studying a rare inherited corneal disease, Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy (SCCD). With her collaborators, she has discovered the abnormal gene which causes this visually...
- American Association for Cancer Research Symposium Nominations Sought
- Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) seeks nominations of young investigators as speakers for a symposium entitled, "Future Leaders, New Directions," to be held during the AACR Annual Meeting 2008, April 12-16, 2008 in San Diego, CA. Selected speakers will be invited to present a 15...
- Grant and Fellowship Opportunities from the American Council of Learned Societies
- Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
The American Council of Learned Societies, founded in 1919 to advance humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and related social sciences and to maintain and strengthen relations among the national societies devoted to such studies announces a number of grant and fellowship...
- National Children's Study awarded $18.5 million - WSU is major participant
- Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
The National Institutes of Health awarded an $18.5 million National Children's Study research contract to a consortium of leading healthcare systems, state and local health agencies, and top research universities in Michigan including WSU, U of M, and project leader, MSU. This project will study...
- Export Control Seminar - October 23, 2007
- Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
"Do not assume that export control regulations do not apply to you! A mistake could be costly to you and the university!" Since September 11, 2007, existing Federal export control regulations are being enforced at Universities as a part of the U.S. anti-terrorism policy. This has resulted in an...
- Scott Moffat, IOG and Psychology, receives $1.46 million grant
- Posted: Monday, October 8, 2007
Dr. Scott Moffat, assistant professor at WSU's Institute of Gerontology and the Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has received a $1.46 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging (NIA) for research on cortisol, another...