Stephanie Brock, associate professor of Chemistry at WSU, is collaborating on funded project that aims to develop bulk thermoelectric materials containing nanostructures to improve energy efficiency of industrial processes.

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Dr. Peter Lichtenberg, director of the Institute of Geronotology, has been elected the president of the American Psychological Association Division on Adult Development and Aging for the 2009 - 2010 term.

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Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid recently announced the awardees from Wayne State’s President’s Research Enhancement Program, a nearly $1.8 million investment designed to strengthen the university’s position as a nationally recognized research institution and as a center of scholarship. It was also created to contibute towards developing research themes for the university that are consistent with an emphasis on its urban mission and global presence.

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Robert Lisak, M.D., chair of the Department of Neurology, was recently elected to the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians “by distinction.”

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Founding Company ArtJen, thinks Alpha-Fibe FBCx may one day provide new treatment for reducing cholesterol and other diseases.

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Dr. Albert King, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering at Wayne State University was recently named Honorary Professor at Tsinghua University in China.

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$1.3 million NIH grant will support research in quest of effective prevention and treatment of traumatic brain injury for more than 1.5 million Americans injured yearly.

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Dr. Jennifer Beebe-Dimmer, assistant professor of internal medicine in Wayne State University’s School of Medicine and the Karmanos Cancer Institute, received a $664,290 training grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health for research involving the influence of genetic susceptibility on the development of prostate and bladder cancers.

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By investigating a novel approach to the treatment of prostate cancer, Zhiwei Wang hopes to uncover a better way to fight the deadliest forms of the disease.

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Dr. Allen Goodman of Economics was recently a contestant on the game show, “Jeopardy.”

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