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NIH funds critical center in Detroit to lead efforts to investigate and mitigate health impacts of community-voiced chemical and non-chemical stressors

Wayne State University received a $5.2 million P30 environmental health sciences core center grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in support of the “Center for Urban...
27-Jun-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Detroit study shows Backward walking speed reserve assessment offers improved clinical screening for risks and decline in MS patients

A recently published study on mobility assessments led by Wayne State University show that a methodology called backward walking speed reserve may improve clinical screening for mobility impairments, fall risk and cognitive decline in individuals...
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Bank statements reveal clues to excessive spending and cognitive decline

Early memory loss has been linked to wealth loss, but research has mostly focused on investments. Four years ago, Wayne State University clinical geropsychologist Peter Lichtenberg, Ph.D., wondered what clues might be found in an older person’s...
24-Jun-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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NSF CAREER grant to investigate design of fluorescent protein sensors with computer simulations that may aid human health and disease

Alice Walker, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wayne State University, received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation to fund her research on...
12-Jun-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Wayne State’s Community Health Worker Academy receives MDHHS grant to support expansion of Neighborhood Wellness Center initiative

Wayne State University is partnering with the Michigan Department for Health and Human Services (MDHHS) on an initiative to integrate community health worker-led programing into its existing 22 neighborhood wellness centers.
12-Jun-2024 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Wayne State University partners with Great Lakes Water Authority to help train water pipeline managers of the future

The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) has partnered with Wayne State University to develop its Workforce Development and Pipe Management Program, which will help recruit, teach and graduate the next generation of water pipeline managers. The...
4-Jun-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Wayne State faculty member named president of the International Association for Great Lakes Research

The International Association for Great Lakes Research today announced its new board of directors and has named Donna Kashian, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences and director of environmental sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences...
23-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Wayne State University awarded $1.3 million from Department of Defense to fine-tune augmented reality exposure therapy for PTSD

A team of researchers from Wayne State University was awarded a $1.3 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study “Advanced wireless augmented reality-enhanced exposure therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder.”
22-May-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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Wayne State University experts warn of potential threats due to low vaccination rates in Michigan; stress importance of immunization

Low vaccination rates continue to create significant threats to public health for diseases such as whooping cough (pertussis), measles and COVID-19. Michigan's vaccination rates for recommended childhood immunizations have dropped to levels not...
24-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT

Wayne State University Part of Scientific Team Celebrating Nobel Prize for Higgs Discovery

Wayne State University researchers are celebrating the Nobel Prize for the Higgs boson discovery. A team of four WSU researchers played a part in the experimental aspects of the discovery.
8-Oct-2013 1:00 PM EDT

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