Detroit Cardiovascular Training Program Receives Big Boost From NIH

The Detroit Cardiovascular Training Program at Wayne State University received notice that funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will continue for the next five years with additional...
12-Mar-2019 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Wayne State fights “fatbergs”

A research team led by Carol Miller, professor of Civil and Environmental engineering at Wayne State, recently received an $80,000 grant from the National Science Foundation focused on "fatbergs." The team will utilize real-time video, pressure data...
15-Jan-2019 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

New memory study first to use intracranial recordings

A team of researchers led by Noa Ofen, Ph.D. at Wayne State University and Lisa Johnson, Ph.D., at the University of California-Berkeley, are addressing the critical gap in our understanding of how maturation of the prefrontal cortex drives memory...
19-Dec-2018 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Trial May Uncover New Diagnostics and Treatment Option for Cardiovascular Disease

A Wayne State University research team, in collaboration with Arterez, LLC, a Michigan-based biopharmaceutical company, has commenced a clinical study to identify the “fingerprint” and diagnostic accuracy of Arterez’ seven patent-pending...
18-Dec-2018 10:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Driving heart health

In September 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded funds to 28 state and local health departments across the United States to design, test and evaluate new, innovative approaches to address these significant health...
14-Dec-2018 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

NSF award to provide new insights on how drinking water and public health systems interact

A research team at Wayne State University recently received a four-year, $1.57 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its project, “Water and Health Infrastructure Resilience and Learning.” The award is part of a...
24-Sep-2018 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

New Nanotherapy Offers Hope in Treating Drug-Resistant Renal Cell Carcinoma

A research team led by Arun Iyer, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Wayne State University, has developed a nanoplatform technology that works in combination with...
21-Sep-2018 3:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Wayne State to develop rigorous computing system to better understand internal workings of the human body

A research team from Wayne State University’s College of Engineering received a nearly $500,000, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a rigorous computing system that will make it easier to understand and analyze the...
30-Aug-2018 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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