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Faculty Spotlight Archive

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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Wayne State Researchers Discover a Way to Restore Visual Responses in Blind Mice

Monday, April 17th, 2006

Wayne State University researchers and colleagues, led by Zhuo-Hua Pan, Ph.D., associate professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology in the School of Medicine, reports a new way to restore visual responses in blind mice. This National Eye Institute of the NIH supported research is published in today’s issue of Neuron, a highly regarded journal which publishes reports of novel results in any area of the neurosciences.

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New theory of Placental Evolution in Humans Reported by Wayne State Researchers in PNAS

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

The placenta is the lifeline for mammalian reproduction and a complex organ that provides clues about natural selection and evolution.

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Faculty Spotlight: Mark Luborsky and Andrea Sankar

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Luborsky and Sankar have been selected to co-edit the Medical Anthropology Quarterly for the next four years. . . .

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Faculty Spotlight: Noreen Rossi

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Dr. Rossi’s five-year grant will examine how regular exercise decreases blood pressure by changing how the brain sends nerve signals to the heart and kidneys to respond to the changes in blood pressure.

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Faculty Spotlight: Merlin E. Ekstrom

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Dr. Ekstrom’s grant will continue improvements being made in the C.S. Mott Center, which will allow WSU to maintain and enhance our national leadership role in reproductive research and research training. . . .

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Faculty Spotlight: Annmarie Cano

Monday, August 15th, 2005

Dr. Cano’s research aims to understand how marital difficulties may lead to changes in depression and in pain over time. . . .

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