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 a potentially faster and more accurate method of brain tumor detection.

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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 (MEPI). One of six universities chosen for their exceptionally diverse communities and dedication to intercultural education, WSU will provide the venue for 18 of the total 116 international participants.

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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 cardiac failure.

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Science Magazine has published an article by Timothy L. Stemmler, Ph.D., associate professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the School of Medicine.

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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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