April 2007
- Federal Funding Opportunities: April 2007
- Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
As well as federal funding opportunities, included in this section are programs with internal deadlines and programs from volunteer health agencies. For more information and/or application materials for these programs, please contact Julie O'Connor, Office of the Vice President for Research at...
- Meetings and Seminars for Wayne State University Researchers
- Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
Nano@Wayne All Nano@Wayne Seminars are held at the Welcome Center Auditorium located at 42 West Warren Avenue at 2:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Tuesday, April 17 -- Dr. Jayanth Panyam, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Topic: Nanotechnology-Based Approaches to Overcome Tumor Drug...
- HIC Implements Website Improvements
- Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
Expect big changes on the Human Investigation Committee (HIC) Website. The Office of the Vice President for Research has applied for accreditation with the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP), the premier accrediting agency for human participant...
- OVPR Welcomes AAHRPP Accreditation Site Visitors
- Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
Wayne State University is committed to the safety and protection of human participants involved in biomedical and behavioral research at our Institution and our affiliates. In view of that commitment, the Office of the Vice President for Research OVPR, the Office of Research Compliance (ORC) and...
- OVPR to Host Export Control Regulations Seminar
- Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
The Federal Government has increased enforcement regulations concerning academic activities related to the transfer of certain information (regardless of medium), goods, technology and materials to individuals or entities both inside and outside of the United States. While most research and...
- Institute of Gerontology Offers Fellowship for Advanced Study in Aging and Lifespan
- Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
The Institute of Gerontology, in conjunction with the Office of the Vice President for Research, has created a new fellowship program to buy-out 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...
- WSU to Host Technology of Bioterrorism Meeting
- Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
Wayne State University is hosting "New Risks and New Defenses: The Technology of Bioterrorism" at the 2007 spring meeting of the Michigan Branch of the American Society for Microbiology on Saturday, April 14 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at WSU's School of Medicine in Scott Hall. Presenters...
- Hot Topics in Stem Cell Research Presentation Upcoming
- Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
Hot Topics in Stem Cell Research: Science, Politics, Ethics, & Economics Monday, May 7th – 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. (includes catered reception - 10:30 to 11:00 a.m.) Green Auditorium, Scott Hall of Basic Medical Sciences, 540 E. Canfield Avenue , Detroit , MI 48201 Hosted by the...
- An Update from WSU's Pfizer Committee
- Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
WSU's "Pfizer Committee" has been in contact with Pfizer officials on how WSU can best interact with the company and its employees during their transition. Several ideas have taken shape. 1) There is a suggestion that WSU host an informational session in the Ann Arbor area that highlights...
- WSU Awarded Grants: February 2007
- Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
WSU AWARDED GRANTS This report recognizes our outstanding faculty for new awarded extramural funds. The following are reported awards for February 2007. Awarded Grants as Reported to Sponsored Program Administration PROVOST & VP ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Center for Urban Studies PI: Thomas L...
- International Collaboration Between Wayne State University and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Leads to License Agreement
- Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
Meditrina Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced recently that it has exclusively licensed a patent-pending technology co-owned by Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, for repurposing the use of aromatase inhibitors for thinning of the endometrium prior...
- Internal Deadlines: Programs with Limited Numbers of Submissions
- Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
Due to a limit on the number of submissions that Wayne State University may make, the Office of the Vice President for Research is requesting that faculty interested in the following programs submit to an internal competition: The National Science Foundation Nanotechnology Undergraduate...
- WSU Researcher Elected to American Occupational Therapy Foundation’s Academy of Research
- Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
Dr. Cathy Lysack, Associate Professor in the Institute of Gerontology and the Department of Health Sciences in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Wayne State University, is being honored on April 20, 2007 by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation. She has been...