A research program that was given a boost by a Taubman Institute Innovation Project (TIIP) grant has been selected to be part of a consortium sponsored by the Leducq Foundation, an international grant-making organization. Physician-researchers at Michigan Medicine formed a team to study dysplasia-associated arterial diseases (DAAD), which are characterized by abnormal development of blood…
An oncology researcher making strides in the difficult field of brain tumors will be named the inaugural Achtenberg Family Research Professor in Radiation Oncology. Taubman Emerging Scholar Dan Wahl, MD, PhD, impressed the generous donors with his passion for oncology research while caring for a member of the Achtenberg family. Dr. Wahl is a associate…
A new device designed by U-M scientists, including Taubman Emerging Scholar Scott VanEpps, MD, PhD, may be a breakthrough in preventing one of the most deadly hospital infections: ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Affecting one in 10 ventilated patients and responsible for the majority of deaths from health care associated infections, VAP adds about nine…