Faculty Commons Meetings
Faculty members with a common research interest can gather to exchange ideas and build new research collaborations at the Faculty Commons Meeting. Offering refreshments and an informal setting, the objective of the Faculty Commons Meeting is to promote fellowship, collaboration and scholarship among faculty members from across campus.
The Faculty Commons Meetings focus on a different research theme each month. The 06-07 academic year meeting schedule, and themes:
| October 18, 2006 |
GIS: A Tool for Researchers
Most health and human service problems facing the world today exist in a geographic context. Understanding issues ranging from medical epidemiology and healthcare access, to human behavior, society, emergency preparedness, and environmental issues requires a comprehensive understanding of their geography. To support research in these areas WSU has purchased a software license for the ArcGIS software package. Learn from other researchers how the databases and analytic capabilities of the GIS software can support your medical, social and scientific research.
Location: Student Center Building, Hilberry A. Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
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| November 14, 2006 |
Social Neuroscience
This rapidly growing field focuses on the neurobiological bases of social behavior, including developmental, cognitive and affective components both at the basic and translational levels of analysis. D iscussion will focus on research funding opportunities and the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience, which will focus on neurodegeneration in FY 2007, neurodevelopment in FY 2008, and plasticity in FY 2009. |
All meetings are held in the Sixth Floor Conference Room at 5057 Woodward Avenue (the former Schools Center Building) from 3:00 – 4:30 pm unless otherwise noted. For questions about Faculty Commons Meetings or to suggest a topic for a future Faculty Commons Meeting, email research@wayne.edu.
Faculty Commons Meetings is sponsored by
Office of the Vice President for Research
