March 2013
- Dr. Seemant Chaturvedi leads WSU physicians on study to improve identification of women at high risk of stroke
- Posted: Friday, January 25, 2013
A team of Wayne State University School of Medicine physicians will seek to develop methods to better identify women at increased risk for stroke using a new type of professional education grant. The study, "Improving the Identification of Women at Increased Risk for Stroke in an Urban Medical...
- Long-distance love: technology can help relationships survive, Dr. Katheryn Maguire says
- Posted: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Whether they're in the same house or continents apart, romantic partners have a lot of communication tools available to help them stay part of each other's lives. Technology can be very useful in maintaining romantic relationships despite temporal or geographic separation, said Katheryn Maguire...
- Dr. Wen Li, assistant professor of chemistry, selected for prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship just months after receiving a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
- Posted: Friday, February 22, 2013
Wen Li, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry in Wayne State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was one of 126 researchers selected to receive a $50,000 Sloan Research Fellowship for 2013. The fellowships, awarded annually since 1955, are given to early-career...
- Study led by Dr. Shawn McElmurry, shows airborne dust in urban areas is primary culprit in rise and fall of lead levels in children
- Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
A team of researchers led by Shawn P. McElmurry, Ph.D., P.E., assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering in Wayne State University's College of Engineering, has confirmed that seasonal fluctuations in blood lead levels found in children in urban areas throughout the United States...
- Dr. Horng-Shiuann Wu chronicles, gives new name to exhaustion suffered by cancer treatment patients
- Posted: Thursday, March 7, 2013
The fatigue experienced by patients undergoing cancer treatments has long been recognized by health care providers, although its causes and ways to manage it are still largely unknown. A Wayne State University researcher believes the condition affects some patients much more than others and is...
- Dr. Amar Basu's research techniques enable more, faster testing of biological liquids
- Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2013
Two National Science Foundation (NSF) grants to a Wayne State University researcher could amount to far more than a drop in the bucket when it comes to handling liquids for biological screening. Amar Basu, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and biomedical engineering...
- WSU neuroscientists capture brain connectivity in human fetuses
- Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2013
Wayne State University School of Medicine researchers have shown for the first time that brain connectivity in human fetuses can be measured, which could translate into new ways to diagnose, prevent and treat brain disorders like autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia and...
- Wayne State technology licensed by RetroSense Therapeutics receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. patent application for new approaches to vision restoration
- Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2013
Technology to restore vision through the use of a component of green algae developed by Dr. Zhuo-Han Pan, professor and scientific director of the Ligon Research Center of Vision at the Kresge Eye Institute at Wayne State University, and licensed to RetroSense Therapeutics, a biotechnology...
- Department of Physics and Astronomy to host 2013 Vaden W. Miles Memorial Lecture - "The Science of Optics: The History of Art" - Apr. 4
- Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Wayne State University's Department of Physics and Astronomy will host the 2013 Vaden W. Miles Memorial Lecture on April 4, 2013, at 4 p.m. in the Law School's Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium. Guest speaker Charles M. Falco, professor of optical sciences and physics and chair of condensed matter...
- Tipping points: Restaurant service linked to customer demographics, race, Dr. Zachary Brewster finds
- Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Restaurant servers are more likely to give better service to patron types they believe are more inclined to tip well, a Wayne State University researcher has found, a principle that has significant consequences when African-Americans are at the table. In an effort to determine whether servers...
- Protecting Research Freezers and Refrigerators
- Posted: Friday, March 29, 2013
Research freezers and refrigerators play a critical role in supporting research projects at Wayne State University. Anything that results in loss of temperature control can damage research materials, sometimes delaying or preventing the completion of a project, and possibly adding cost to a...
- Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research 2013 Summer Training Workshop on African American Aging Research
- Posted: Friday, March 29, 2013
The Michigan Center for Urgan African American Aging Research and WSU's Institute of Gerontology is pleased to host the 2013 Summer Training Workshop on African American Aging Research. The workshop will take place June 10 - 12, 2013. The workshop aims to identify and train early stage career...
- Request for Proposals: Technology Development Incubator Program
- Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2013
WSU seeks to provide a comprehensive solution to the cultural, technological and financial challenges associated with the translation of innovative early stage technologies from academia to the marketplace. The Technology Development Incubator (TDI) program provides the infrastructure to accelerate...
- WSU Innovation Fellows Program Announced
- Posted: Friday, March 29, 2013
Wayne State University's Technology Commercialization Office (TC) has created the Innovation Fellows Program to cultivate the next generation of chief scientific officers and entrepreneurial scientists for local high-tech industry. The Program is part of the WSU ERA initiative supported by the New...
- Sustainability@Wayne Seminar: "Energy Efficiency, Smart Grids and Process Control" - Apr. 2
- Posted: Friday, March 29, 2013
The Office of the Vice President of Research is pleased to host the Sustainability@Wayne Seminar on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at the Welcome Center Auditorium. Dr. Thomas Edgar will be the presenter. Dr. Edgar is a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin...
- Professional and Academic Development (PAD) Seminar Series: How to Develop and Maintain a Research Lab - Apr. 5
- Posted: Friday, March 29, 2013
The offices of the Vice President for Research, Graduate School, Provost, and Faculty Affairs (School of Medicine) are pleased to offer the sixth year of this free career-development seminar series for Wayne State faculty, chairs & directors, postdoctoral trainees & senior graduate...