Research

Doing one’s heart good

Students gain insights into cardiac function by testing revolutionary heart pump
heart pump lab

A revolutionary heart pump provides invaluable learning opportunity for Wright State students to understand cardiac function. Continue reading →

Boonshoft School of Medicine students discovering new ways to help diabetic patients

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology researchers

Graduate students in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology are making discoveries that may save limbs and reduce kidney failure in diabetes patients. Continue reading →

Soil toil: Wright State grad student Behzad Ghanbarian rising star in terra-firma research

Wright State grad student Behzad Ghanbarian

Environmental sciences Ph.D. student Behzad Ghanbarian is a prolific scholar, publishing many papers on soil-related research. Continue reading →

Efforts to enhance success of female STEMM faculty and students picking up steam

Kathrin Engisch, associate dean for undergraduate education and outreach

The Women in Science Giving Circle provides support of female students and faculty members in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medical disciplines. Continue reading →

Matters of democracy

Wright State researcher Pramod Kantha studies political transition of his native Nepal
Pramod Kantha

Wright State professor Pramod Kantha is writing a book on Nepal’s transition from a monarchy to a democratic republic. Continue reading →

Beetle mania: Wright State researcher investigates insect’s secret to long life

Dean Rider

Wright State researcher Dean Rider is trying to learn blue beetle’s secret to a long life. Continue reading →

Wright State community to celebrate NEC Building construction milestone with topping out ceremony

Wright State will mark a milestone in the construction of the Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building with a toping out ceremony May 2. Continue reading →

Boonshoft School of Medicine student selected as Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellow

Udit Singhal

Medical student at Boonshoft School of Medicine receives fellowship to research prostate cancer at the University of Michigan Medical School. Continue reading →

Engineering students take home top honors at global health competition

Low-cost digital X-ray receptor earns Wright State engineering students top honors at the national health technologies competition. Continue reading →

Breathing space

Student researcher Ellen Ricker’s work in the lab points to answers on respiration
Ellen Ricker

Ellen Ricker, who is working on her master’s degree in anatomy at Wright State, is investigating how opiates stop a person from breathing. Continue reading →