DETROIT - Roberta Sonnino, M.D., has been appointed vice dean of Faculty Affairs for the Wayne State University School of Medicine and associate provost for Medical Affairs for the university. She begins her duties Sept. 1. Dr. Sonnino comes to WSU from the University of Minnesota Medical School, where she has served as associate dean
GRAND RAPIDS ? Most of us have had a doctor prescribe an antibiotic for a stubborn bacterial infection, or for a cut that gets infected. However, prescribing an antibiotic to fight cancer? In fact, anti-cancer antibiotics have been used since the 1950s to successfully treat several forms of cancer, but often the side effects limit
GRAND RAPIDS - MichBio, the association for Michigan's bioscience industry, announced that Kim Popovits, president and CEO of Genomic Health, Inc. will keynote the 2011 MichBio Expo & Conference. The MichBio Expo & Conference is Michigan's largest gathering of bioscience-related professionals. It is set for November 2-3 at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids. ?We?re excited
ANN ARBOR - Building upon a series of successful preclinical and clinical studies, NanoBio Corporation today announced the initiation of a second tolerability and immunogenicity study designed to test and further optimize its novel nanoemulsion-based intranasal vaccine adjuvant. In 2009, NanoBio tested its nanoemulsion adjuvant in combination with the commercial influenza vaccine Fluzone, in a
DETROIT - A team of Wayne State University researchers was awarded $330,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop a 3-D neural probe that will help suppress tinnitus ? ringing of the ears ? that is said to affect more than 250 million people worldwide. There is an increasing need for devices and tools that
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute officials announced Thursday the appointment of Love Collins, III as Vice President of Development effective immediately. Collins most recently worked at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, where he served as Vice President for Advancement since 2007. ?With more than twenty years experience in a variety of industries including
ANN ARBOR - NanoBio Corporation Tuesday announced that George Arida, managing director at Venture Investors LLC, has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors. Venture Investors is an investment firm that provides funding to healthcare and technology companies in the Midwest. Arida has a proven track record of identifying emerging healthcare companies and guiding
ANN ARBOR - MichBio is launching a new biopartnering service as a benefit to our members. Many companies, especially emerging ones, don't have the resources to attend every licensing/business development and partnering meeting. So we've teamed up with our Preferred Provider, Pharmacision, to launch a FREE biopartnering service to our member companies for the BIO
DETROIT - Robert Alan Frank, M.D., has been appointed chief medical officer of the Wayne State University Physician Group and vice dean for clinical affairs at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Frank, a cardiothoracic surgeon, will begin July 1. He has held several positions at the Ochsner Medical Center's West Bank campus
DETROIT - The Michigan Area Health Education Center program, established to recruit, train and retain a diverse health care workforce in the state, has received a $750,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation in support of its efforts. The Wayne State University School of Medicine and College of Nursing received an initial federal grant in fall