GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute, Saint Mary's Health Care and Mercy Health Partners have signed agreements paving the way for the expansion of a world-class biorepository that will store tissue and biospeciments, along with health data donated by patients. The new biorepository will work closely with the Van Andel Institute Program for Biospecimen Science,
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute has hired two staff members to expand the organization?s capacity to attract philanthropic support for new programs in biomedical research and science education. Patrick Placzkowski joins the organization as Director of Development for Van Andel Research Institute, the cornerstone of West Michigan?s life science and biomedical research corridor. VARI
ANN ARBOR - NanoBio Corporation has promoted David Peralta to chief executive officer. Peralta, who previously served as the company?s chief operating and financial officer, replaces James R. Baker, Jr. M.D., who recently joined Merck & Co. as the senior vice president, head global vaccine franchise. As the scientific founder and inventor of NanoBio?s patented
WARREN ? The Michigan Business and Professional Association has named its Best and Brightest Wellness Champion Awards, including six of those winning companies as Elite Winners. The Best and Brightest Wellness Champions awards program is the premier program that celebrates organizations that are making their workplaces, their employees and the community a healthier place to
ANN ARBOR - Three young physician-scientists whose research shows extraordinary promise have been appointed to the Emerging Scholars Program at the University of Michigan's A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute. The Emerging Scholars Program was created to support and encourage early-career physician-scientists whose laboratory work aims to translate basic research into new treatments for disease.
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute is hosting a scientific symposium September 19-20 that gathers some of the world?s most noted experts in Parkinson?s disease and reinforces the region?s growing reputation in the field of Parkinson?s research. Grand Challenges in Parkinson?s Disease features experts from nearly a dozen nations including Australia, Malaysia and Sweden. The
ANN ARBOR - Join BioArbor on Sept. 19 when it presents a panel of leaders from the life sciences industry as they examine successful, real-world collaborations ranging in scope from limited projects all the way up to large institutional and national strategic partnerships. Panelists include: Arik Anderson, Vice President of Product Development Terumo Cardiovascular Systems
EAST LANSING - Great Lakes Health Information Exchange has signed a partnership agreement with Eaton Rapids Medical Center that will allow the hospital to safely and securely share patient electronic medical records with its physicians, labs, other allied health facilities, and other hospitals and health care systems through a health information exchange system in the
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute has hired former State Department Science and Technology Advisor Jana Hall, Ph.D., M.B.A., as Chief Operations Officer effective September 17. Hall joins the non-profit biomedical research organization following nearly twenty years in research administration and operations management for a 6,400-employee healthcare organization. ?Dr. Hall?s innovative approach, significant management experience
ROCHESTER - The Oakland University William Beaumont Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine will welcome both national and international experts in stem cell research and its biotechnological applications when it hosts the Second Midwest Conference on Stem Cell Biology and Therapy set for Oct. 5-7. Researchers from hospitals, medical organizations, academic institutions and the