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Faculty Spotlight Archive

New Online Training for HIC and AIC Investigators

Monday, May 12th, 2008

The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) provides the most current research regulations and guidance.

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Dr. Arnetz receives international attention for cell phone study

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

A joint study involving WSU School of Medicine and researchers in Sweden has found that cell phone usage for a substantial period of three hours or more immediately prior to bedtime disrupts sleep patterns.

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Oupicky, Brock and Sheng Earn $400,000 NIH Grant

Friday, December 21st, 2007

A group of WSU researchers are prepared to engineer “smart” porous nanoparticles for targeted delivery of cancer fighting drugs into prostate tumors. According to this team, the process may lead to treatments for a wide variety of other types of cancer.

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Dr. Mark Greenwald, Psychiatry, receives $2.5 million grant

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Dr. Mark Greenwald, associate professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, was awarded $2.5 million from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for a program on substance abuse in minorities living with HIV/AIDS.

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Tej Mattoo, M.D. honored by The NephCure Foundation

Monday, October 8th, 2007

mattoo_thumb.jpgThe 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 Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).

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WSU Researcher Elected to American Occupational Therapy Foundation’s Academy of Research

Monday, April 16th, 2007

lysack12.jpgDr. Lysack of Windsor, Ontario, is being honored for her work on the social, cultural and environmental factors that can facilitate or restrict community participation and social inclusion of older adults and persons with disabilities in society.

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Dr. Adhip Majumdar Receives Veterans Affairs Award

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

Dr. Majumdar’s research focuses on growth factor receptors, specifically the EGF-receptor and its family members, and their role in aging and gastrointestinal carcinogenesis.

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Wayne State Researchers Study Arsenic Toxicity in Water Supplies

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Protein is found to carry toxic metal in cells.

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Wayne State University Awarded $7.2 million in 21st Century Jobs Fund Grants

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

Governor Granholm visited awardees on September 13, 2006

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Dr. Sean Wu to Be Honored At ESD Ceremony

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

Dr. Wu, of Mechanical Engineering, will be recognized as a recipient of the ESD Alpha Awards for Innovation in Engineering and Technology.

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