Wayne State University will receive over $6 million from the recently awarded National Children’s Study. Dr. Robert Sokol will lead Wayne State’s efforts in the most ambitious children’s health study of its kind in the nation.

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The Animal Investigation Committee (AIC) announced the creation of a new protocol submission process that has significantly improved the protocol approval rate and reduced the paperwork required for submission In June, the AIC implemented a protocol pre-review process and began accepting protocol submissions via email The pre-review of new protocols by the WSU veterinarians has increased the provisional approval rate for protocols submitted in July and August to 59%, up from the 15% approval rate during the previous six months!

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For over 18 years, Jayne S. Weiss, M.D., professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology at WSU’s School of Medicine has been studying a rare inherited corneal disease, Schnyder’s crystalline corneal dystrophy (SCCD).

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Meditrina Pharmaceuticals, Inc. secures license to expand use of therapeutics for women’s health issues.

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This regular feature recognizes our outstanding faculty for awarded extramural funds.

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Drs. Tongqing Zhou and Barna Dey, both graduates of Wayne State University, have played a major role in the recent AIDS discovery made at the Vaccines Research Center at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) that was featured in the February 15, 2007 issue of Nature. The new findings are hopeful in helping to find a vaccine to curb HIV infection.

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The experiment, carried out at Fermilab, is an important signpost for future discoveries.

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All R01 applications in response to the February 5, 2007 receipt date or beyond will require electronic submission.

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The new receipt dates will be effective as of January 2007 and will apply to both paper and electronic applications.

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Wayne State University recently launched its own website devoted solely to Interdisciplinary Research and Education, www.research.wayne.edu/idre.

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