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Grant will fund initiatives to increase interest in health, science disciplines

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the NIH awarded a $1.7 million, 5-year grant to Wayne State University to fund initiatives set to increase the interest of metropolitan Detroit-area girls in health-related science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. Directed toward seventh-grade girls, the goal of the Gaining Options-Girls Investigate Real Life (GO-GIRL) intervention is to increase and sustain engagement of girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines; build capacities to pursue those disciplines by increasing girls' and parents' knowledge of the personal academic skills necessary for college admission in health-related STEM fields; and provide continuity throughout high school by connecting girls to role models and mentors in health-related STEM disciplines.

Wayne State Study of marijuana therapy could affect public policy

A $1.5 million grant to a Wayne State University researcher from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health could have policy implications in Michigan and other states regarding the therapeutic use of marijuana. Mark Greenwald, professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences in WSU's School of Medicine and director of the Substance Abuse Research Division, is seeking to understand the differences in marijuana use between three subgroups.

Half of the population of Detroit lacks the literacy skills necessary to properly navigate modern life

Wayne State University Honors College Dean Jerry Herron is quoted about literacy challenges in Detroit and surrounding areas. Herron is among those leading the Reading Works initiative to address illiteracy. "Any problem is too big to combat if you scale the problem at a cosmic level," Herron said. "And when the scale is cosmic, it's also easy for individuals just to throw up their hands and say, 'This is huge! What can one person do?' Which often means that individuals end up doing nothing at all for lack of a practical means of engaging and doing good."

Arthur Johnson, a civil rights icon and comrade of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 85

Human rights activist, educator and arts advocate Arthur Johnson died at home Tuesday after an extended illness. Dr. Johnson was 85. In recent years, Dr. Johnson was best known as a university administrator. He retired as senior vice president for university relations at Wayne State University in 1995 after 23 years in various high-ranking posts. But his impact was perhaps greatest as a leader in the battle to end racial discrimination in housing, public education, restaurants and other public places in Detroit.

Rise in Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index suggests stronger economy may be on the way

The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index rebounded sharply in October, rising more than 12 percent - to 59.7 from 53.1 in September. That increase followed three months of decline. Anything above 50 indicates an expanding economy. "The index had declined to near the threshold of 50, suggesting that the economy may be cooling. The October index suggests a possible, but far from conclusive, return to a stronger business economy," said Timothy Butler, associate professor of global supply chain management at Wayne State University's business school.

Wayne State Farmers Market supports local food economy

Kami Pothukuchi, a member of the Detroit Food Policy Council and professor of urban planning at Wayne State University, writes a column about WSU's farmers market, which is a program of SEED Wayne. Pothukuchi writes: "The Farmers Market has connected small businesses offering fresh and prepared foods with people living and working in Detroit's Midtown; increased access to fresh, healthy, and affordable foods in convenient ways; and supported a number of businesses and operations owned and run by women and people of color."
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Kettering University professor works with research team at Wayne State University to find next best cancer treatment

Kettering professor Prem Vaishnava has been spending long days in the labs of Wayne State University with hopes that the group's research - along with work at other universities - will help bring a cancer therapy that would ideally only target cancer zones. Chemotherapy and radiation attack the entire body, which also kills regular cells. The scientists at Wayne State are looking to unravel the method's largest challenge so far - how to most effectively inject the medicine. Because of the varying shapes, sizes and volumes of tumors, each person would need a different type of drug distribution, Vaishnava said. WSU is among several universities in the country using funding from the National Cancer Institute to study the technology.
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President Gilmour talks purpose, use of universities

Wayne State University President Allan Gilmour addressed the economy and what he called the forgotten purpose of higher education Oct. 27 during the "Higher Education and the Future of Democracy" lecture at the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium in the WSU Law School. "If you read the papers, and some of us still do, or watch the news, there is one subject dominating the conversation: the economy, or more specifically jobs," Gilmour said. "Higher education is not a substitution for trade schools," he said. "Higher education is a key to inform and inspire citizens. The kinds of citizens who help build and lead this republic. The kinds of citizens who can contribute individually and act collectively. The kinds of citizens who are relentlessly curious and in being so help invent the world of the future." A photo of President Gilmour is included.

Wayne State gets $1.7M grant for post-partum drug abuse intervention

A team of researchers at Wayne State University's Parent Health Lab in the School of Medicine have developed a novel indirect screener that identifies women at risk for drug use by evaluating correlates of illicit drug use rather than drug use itself. Steven Ondersma, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences in WSU's School of Medicine and the Merrill-Palmer Skillman Institute, is leading researchers to continue development and use of the screener known as the Wayne Indirect Drug Use Screener. "This study could identify and help at-risk women, regardless of their comfort with disclosing drug use," Ondersma said.
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Skull of early Pontiac resident may have been found in Oak Hill Cemetery offices

An updated report on the progress of a volunteer effort to repair and clean up areas of the Oak Hill Cemetery in Pontiac notes that a skull was returned there on Monday as Wayne State University students and Teddi Setzer, a physical anthropologist and lecturer at the university, finished removing the remains of three people entombed in the Southard family mausoleum. Setzer - and Wayne State University's Department of Anthropology - volunteered to assist the city after being contacted by The Oakland Press. A video is included.
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Wayne State to use $655.5K grant to study alcohol abuse in pregnant women

A research team at Wayne State University has been awarded a grant to develop a computer-based intervention for pregnant women who abuse alcohol. The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse awarded the $655,500 grant to the team, led by WSU associate professor Steven Ondersma, to be used in screening, brief intervention, and referral for treatment, or SBIRT, studies. The grant will be used over a three-year period. A photo of Ondersma is included.

Harper University Hospital first in state to use new device to remove brain tumors

Harper University Hospital is the first in Michigan to use a new device, the NICO Myriad, for brain tumor removal. This one of a kind device is progressing minimally invasive surgery giving many patients hope that their previously inoperable or hard to reach brain tumors can now be safely removed. Dr. Murali Guthikonda, Chief of Neurosurgery at DMC Harper University Hospital and Professor of Neurosurgery at Wayne State University's School of Medicine, is one of a handful of neurosurgeons in the U.S. who has used the Myriad.

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