Q&A: Dean of Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine talks research, challenges

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Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine is entering a new era of research, thanks to its new Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration center. Putting 30 researchers from six disciplines together to investigate brain, spinal cord and nerve disorders could take the research to the next level and elevate the school’s reputation around the country. Dean Dr. Margaret Dunn discusses the impact of that center, and other new initiatives at the school.

Q: How will the NEC take your research to the next level?
A: The NEC Building has already become the new home for pioneering research at Wright State University. Our neuroscientists are collaborating with clinicians at Johns Hopkins Medicine to determine whether they can help patients paralyzed after overcoming sepsis infection. The building also houses sophisticated technologies such as a PET/CT scanner, which holds out the promise of helping find causes and treatments for cancer and neurological diseases such as epilepsy.

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