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…
Thanks to all who joined us May 7 in the Kahn Auditorium of the A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building for an informative half-day symposium featuring three distinguished speakers. For those who missed the event, view the lectures via YouTube by using the links below. Richard DiMarchi, PhD “Evolution of Natural Hormones to…
Two Taubman Scholars are among 13 U-M faculty members elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2024, the professional society announced March 27. The AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society, released the names of 471 members of the 2024 class, elected for their “efforts on behalf of the advancement of…
A Michigan Medicine urologist seeking to improve early detection of prostate and kidney cancer is the newest Taubman Emerging Scholar. Simpa Salami, MD, MPH, has been named the Brian and Rosaline Chamberlain Emerging Scholar, and will receive a five-year financial grant as well as mentorship and other support from the Taubman Institute community. Dr. Salami’s…
Emerging Scholar, Sami Barmada, MD, PhD, is one of six U-M scientists and engineers receiving the Mid-career Biosciences Faculty Achievement Recognition Award, which recognizes exceptional mid-career faculty in the biosciences. Dr. Barmada is the Angela Dobson Welch and Lyndon Welch Research Professor and associate professor of neurology, and the institute’s Danto Family Foundation Emerging Scholar.…
Taubman Emerging Scholar Katherine A. Gallagher, MD, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the highest honorary society in the country for researchers in the fields of health and medicine. Dr. Gallagher, who received Taubman Institute funding for her early research into the mechanisms of impaired wound healing in patients with…
Taubman Scholar Kanakadurga Singer, M.A., M.D. has been appointed assistant dean for tenure track faculty in the University of Michigan Medical School, effective Nov. 1. Dr. Singer will provide oversight of tenure track faculty appointments and promotions and advancement, and serve as an advocate for tenure track faculty in the medical school and university. As…
Charles F. Burant, MD, PhD, will lead Michigan Medicine’s Taubman Institute for an additional five-year term, announced Marschall Runge, MD, PhD, executive vice president for medical affairs and dean of the U-M medical school. Burant was first appointed in 2017, succeeding founding director Eva L. Feldman, MD, PhD. His second term will span 2022-2027. “We…