December 2007
- Conference on Nutrition and Cancer announced
- Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007
Faculty in WSU's School of Medicine and the Karmanos Cancer Institute are on the organizing committee of the first International Congress on Nutrition and Cancer to be held in Antalya, Turkey on May 19 - 23, 2008. The program will be packed with outstanding lectures, keynote talks, plenary...
- Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Grant Opportunities
- Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Disease Research has a number of grant opportunities available with proposals due in early 2008. For further information, please visit their website at http://michaeljfox.org/research_openFundingPrograms.cfm (cut and paste in to your browser if you...
- EHS Center Pilot Project Grants Available
- Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007
Since its inception in 1995, the NIH-funded Environmental Health Sciences Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology with Human Applications at Wayne State University has promoted toxicology/environmental health science research with an emphasis on application to humans/human populations. The...
- Nano@Wayne Seminar - January 15
- Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007
The next Nano@Wayne seminar is Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. in the Welcome Center Auditorium locatd at the corner of Warren and Woodward. This seminar is free to all WSU faculty and students. The guest speaker on January 15 is Dr. James W. Schneider, associate professor of Chemical...
- WSU Receives "Gold Standard" Accreditation in Protecting Human Research Subjects
- Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007
Following a rigorous, two and a half year evaluatian process, WSU's research program involving human participants has received full accreditation by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs Inc. (AAHRPP). In addition, the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center...
- RFA - IOG Fellowship for Advanced Study in Aging and Lifespan
- Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007
The Institute of Gerontology, in conjunction with the Office of the Vice President for Research, has created a new fellowship program to support faculty time for research. This Fellowship for Advanced Study in Aging and Lifespan (FASAL) is a three-year pilot program authorized to grant $25,000 each...
- Internal Funding Opportunity: Transformational Nanoscience
- Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007
The Office of the Vice President for Research announces the availability of funds for nanoscience research. The goals of the initiative are twofold: i) to support the development of pioneering research to be linked with Wayne State University, and ii) to serve as seed money in externally funded...
- Public Health Research Workshop - January 22
- Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007
The Office of the Vice President for Research at WSU, together with the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University of Windsor, invites faculty to attend "A Workshop for International Public Health Research," a half-day of joint meetings between WSU-UW faculty designed to develop...
- Oupicky, Brock and Sheng Earn $400,000 NIH Grant
- Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007
David Oupicky, Ph.D. and fellow collaborators, Stephanie Brock, Ph.D. and Shijie Sheng, Ph.D., are prepared to engineer "smart" porous nanoparticles for targeted delivery of cancer fighting drugs into prostate tumors. According to Oupicky, the process may lead to treatments for a wide variety...
- Computational Biology Seminar Series Announced
- Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007
A new computational biology seminar series will begin on January 22, 2008. This free seminar series is open to all faculty and students. The series brings together WSU leaders in the development and use of computational techniques, with emphasis on molecular mechanics and quantum mechanical...
- Pfizer Grant Opportunities Announced
- Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007
In a national competition, Pfizer will award 8 to 10 grants of $7500 each for visiting professorships in a number of disciplines. Applications are due February 5, 2008. More than one application per academic institution may be submitted for each of the competitions provided each is from a...
- New Faculty Development Seminar Series
- Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007
The Office of the Vice President for Research in conjunction with the Office of the Provost and The Graduate School, are hosting a seminar series for tenure-track faculty, post-docs and new departmental chairs. The next two seminars are: Finding a Good Mentor and Being a Good Mentor. ...