Wright State Headlines
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Oct 19
Getting into a rhythm
Wright State University biomedical engineering alumna Bridget Frost helps develop devices used in cardiac surgery. Continue reading
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Oct 18
Magical miles
Wright State University students traveled to Hampton, Tennessee, for a week to participate in the Freshmen Outdoor Orientation Trip. Continue reading
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Oct 15
Dayton Campus COVID-19 testing and vaccination center opens, required surveillance testing begins
Wright State will offer free COVID-19 vaccines and weekly required surveillance testing to students, faculty and staff in the testing and vaccination center, 023 Student Union. Continue reading
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Oct 15
Student investigations spotlighted at College of Science and Mathematics’ Festival of Research
The Festival of Research featured podium talks by student researchers and a poster session. Continue reading
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Oct 15
Lake Campus baseball team helps fill sandbags for Celina medical center
The Mercer Health Community Medical Center is better protected from floods thanks to help from Lake Campus baseball players. Continue reading
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Medical Research
Student investigations spotlighted at College of Science and Mathematics’ Festival of Research
The Festival of Research featured podium talks by student researchers and a poster session. Continue reading
American Physiological Society awards prestigious fellowship to Boonshoft School of Medicine M.D./Ph.D. student
Adaku Ume, a student in the M.D./Ph.D. dual-degree program in biomedical science, received the Porter Physiology Development Fellowship. Continue reading
Boonshoft School of Medicine student receives Wright State’s first National Institutes of Health predoctoral fellowship
Jennae Shelby, a student in the M.D./Ph.D. dual-degree program in biomedical sciences, received the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award. Continue reading
Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence: Early Career Achievement
Timothy CrawfordPart of the series: Faculty Awards for Excellence 2020-21
Colleagues describe Timothy Crawford as a high achiever, an early career star and an MVP at the Boonshoft School of Medicine. Continue reading
Wright State receives $1.45 million grant to analyze data from Ohio opioid and substance abuse treatment program
The Boonshoft School of Medicine is playing a key role in a state program that provides prevention, treatment and recovery services for Ohioans with opioid and stimulant use disorders. Continue reading
Madhavi Kadakia named interim vice provost for research at Wright State
Madhavi Kadakia is chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and associate dean of research affairs of the Boonshoft School of Medicine. Continue reading
Solar activity
Wright State researchers Jeffrey Travers and Yanfang Chen win $1.7 million NIH grant to study effects of sunlight
A super sunscreen for people hypersensitive to the searing rays of the sun could be the end result of research in the Wright State Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Continue reading
Air Force to utilize Boonshoft School of Medicine laboratories for research initiatives
Wright State and the Air Force Research Laboratory will research the stressors that affect pilots and the impact they have on the mission and a pilot’s well-being. Continue reading
Wright State medical student leads research benefiting breast cancer survivors
Research by Dhishant Asarpota, a medical student at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, sought to shed light on improving the quality of life for breast cancer survivors. Continue reading
Researchers consider marijuana use and mental health in emergency department patients
Medical student researchers interviewed emergency department patients to collect data on patients who use marijuana and also experience mental health conditions. Continue reading
