SOUTHFIELD – Lawrence Technological University is one of 24 schools nationwide to be selected for a new program to boost minority participation in STEM study and careers. The $1 million grant was awarded to Lawrence Tech under the Inclusive Excellence Initiative of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the largest private, nonprofit supporter of science education
ANN ARBOR - A2 Health Hacks started as a passion project between four Ann Arborites interested in solving problems in healthcare and bringing the community together to do it. A2H2 is a healthcare hack-a-thon in Ann Arbor designed to address challenges in healthcare around the world and to provide participants a forum to develop solutions
GRAND RAPIDS - VoiceGR, Grand Rapids’ community survey, is expanding to become countywide thanks to a new partnership between the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University and the Kent County Health Department. As VoiceKent, the survey will gather critical public health information from all areas of Kent County’s more than 600,000
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has received a $58 million five-year grant to help researchers turn their best ideas and discoveries into tests, treatments, care innovations and cures through training, funding and central research services. The grant is from the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical
ANN ARBOR - With yogurt and crushed glass, University of Michigan researchers have taken a step toward using visible light to image inside the body. Their method for focusing light through these materials is much faster and simpler than today's dominant approach. Dense structures like bone show up clearly in x-rays, but softer tissues like
ANN ARBOR - Advanced life science technology companies from Southeast Michigan will provide an eight-minute pitch June 7 outlining their products, their technology and their market opportunity. They will also detail recent accomplishments such as FDA submissions, technical accomplishments, and manufacturing milestones. After each company has presented, we will have a question and answer session.
ANN ARBOR - Roger Cone, director of the University of Michigan's Life Sciences Institute, has been named to an additional role as the university's first vice provost and director of the biosciences initiative, effective immediately. The appointment was approved Thursday by the Board of Regents. Cone, a distinguished obesity researcher and experienced administrator, joined U-M
LANSING - Michael Rogers, communications officer for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Sara Julius, managing partner of Edify North, an employee benefits consulting firm. To listen, click on https://www.sbam.org/Resources/tabid/97/ArtMID/2980/ArticleID/2828/Incentivizing-wellness.aspx
FLINT — Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. announced it had completed its acquisition of WRB Communications Inc., a health care service center company based in Chantilly, Va. WRB specializes in relationship management programs for pharmaceutical manufacturers and health care service organizations. Under the terms of the agreement, Diplomat is paying WRB $24.5 million cash and $4.5 million
DETROIT – Wayne State University received notice from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health has renewed a five-year, $7.5 million grant for the Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors. The previous NIH grant for CURES totaled $2.4 million for three years. CURES — one of 22 P30
