Medicine

Students design life-saving incubation station

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Jim Hannah
Photo of Biomedical engineering students Jessica Hernandez (right), Joanna Newton and Jacob Durdel displayimg the incubator they designed and built. The incubator and others will be sent to the Congo in Africa.

By any measure it’s low-tech–with its plastic base and supports, a vinyl tent-like cover and a couple of heating elements. But it’s designed to be just that. And it promises to be life-saving. Continue reading →

Vietnamese refugee Caroline Cao boosts Wright State’s expertise in medical imaging and human-factors engineering

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Jim Hannah
Photo of Caroline Cao Expert on Human Factors in Medical Technologies

It was post-war Saigon—deep in the night. Ten-year-old Caroline Cao and her family quietly slipped out of their home and made for the coast. Continue reading →

BSOM to host advance screening of HBO’s “The Weight of the Nation”

Four-film documentary series and panel discussion addressing national obesity epidemic
Posted on May 9, 2012 by Cindy Young

Free and open to the public, this four-film series addresses our country’s obesity epidemic. Continue reading →

Area dermatologists to offer free skin cancer screenings May 7-11

Free screenings offered by appointment only at locations throughout the region
Posted on April 23, 2012 by Cindy Young

Morning and afternoon appointments will be available at several locations throughout the region. Continue reading →

Mother’s affliction motivated student to participate in Wright State’s GRAD-PREP program

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Timothy R. Gaffney

Part of the series: Opening Doors

Photo of Christina Estrada

When doctors could not find a way to stop her mother’s epileptic seizures, Christina Estrada decided she would. Continue reading →

Calamityville to host national AFRL Engineering Challenge Competition

Three service academies and 17 universities will compete to build and demonstrate device to scale 60 ft. wall
Posted on April 13, 2012 by Cindy Young

Students from 17 universities and three service academies will design, fabricate and demonstrate a system to scale buildings or mountain faces under a variety of conditions. Continue reading →

Seeing one’s ability, not disability

STREAMS carries Wright State student on a voyage to science
Posted on April 6, 2012 by Timothy R. Gaffney

Part of the series: Opening Doors

Photo of Jacob Brewer

STREAMS unlocks Jacob Brewer’s passion for research. Continue reading →

BSOM students to hold food drive April 7-14

Students will collect items on campus; visit area neighborhoods to support The Foodbank
Posted on April 5, 2012 by Cindy Young
Foodbank logo

Wright State University medical students are supporting the local community by organizing a food drive for The Foodbank, Inc. Continue reading →

BioSTAR steers undergraduate toward research

On his way to a career in biomedical sciences, Orly Leiva is following a star
Posted on March 30, 2012 by Timothy R. Gaffney

Part of the series: Opening Doors

Photo of Orly Leiva

On his way to a career in biomedical sciences, Orly Leiva is following a star. Continue reading →

“Sister M.D.” to speak at the Boonshoft School of Medicine March 30

Sister Mary Diana Dreger, O.P., M.D., will discuss the practice of virtue in the practice of medicine
Posted on March 28, 2012 by Cindy Young
Photo of Sister Mary Diana Dreger

Sister Mary Diana Dreger will show how a return to Judeo-Christian virtues in medical practice is essential if medicine is to retain its historic spirit of life-affirmation and healing. Continue reading →