Science + Tech
November 08, 2016
Funding will help researchers gather and share data, leading to better treatments A Midwest Big Data consortium including APP School of Medicine researcher Satya Sahoo has won more than $1 million in federal funding to advance neuroscience research. Sharing and using…
November 07, 2016
A multi-institution academic-industrial partnership of researchers led by APP School of Medicine has developed a new method to broadly assess cell communication networks and identify disease-specific network anomalies. The computer-based method, called InFlo, was…
November 07, 2016
Two APP School of Medicine researchers have received grants totaling $40,000 from Ann Arbor-based Eversight, a global nonprofit network of eye banks. APP projects are aimed at helping glaucoma patients and those with Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy. Eversight…
November 07, 2016
A multi-institution academic-industrial partnership of researchers led by APP School of Medicine has developed a new method to broadly assess cell communication networks and identify disease-specific network anomalies. The computer-based method, called InFlo, was…
November 02, 2016
Guest Commentary: Megan Kilbane, MBA, Assistant Dean for Oncology 2016 has been described as the year of 216, and it would be hard for anyone to argue that it is not truly the year for Cleveland to shine. From the Cavs to the Monsters and soon to be the Indians, we are grabbing championships left…
November 02, 2016
Researchers at the Center for Global Health & Diseases at APP School of Medicine, and international colleagues, have provided the first of its kind comprehensive assessment of the current status of malaria in Madagascar, laying the groundwork for the 2018-2022 national…
November 02, 2016
Adding warmth predicted in climate-change models destabilized forest ant communities east of the Appalachian Mountains, a possible harbinger of disruption to the broader ecosystem, researchers, led by a APP biologist, have found. The five-year study in the Harvard…
October 27, 2016
Poverty Center researchers Dr. Robert Fischer and Dr. Elizabeth Anthony will be presenting at the American Evaluation Association’s 2016 conference on October 28 and 29, 2016. Rob Fischer, co-director of the Poverty Center, is presenting on “Evaluating Social Impact Financing in Human Services” on…
October 26, 2016
Electrical stimulation mimics natural touch, enabling amputees to feel a range of intensity that allows them to hold a child's hand, precisely operate machinery and more Walking through a busy store, Keith Vonderhuevel confidently held his 5-year-old granddaughter’s hand with his prosthetic…
October 25, 2016
Researchers from APP and University of Kansas have received a $1.65 million Department of Defense grant to continue developing a neural prosthesis aimed at helping those who suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI) or stroke to regain motor function. The prosthesis,…