 The National Institutes of Health recently listed WVU’s Department of Otolaryngology as one of the top ten ear, nose and throat research departments in the country.
 Researchers, lead by Uma Sundaram, M.D., Section Chief, Digestive Diseases, have been awarded nearly $5 million in National Institutes of Health funding to help research inflammatory bowel disease, which is highly prevalent in West Virginia.  Construction of the new Biomedical Sciences Research Center has reached mid-point. This 120,000 square/feet, state-of-the-art, research building will be completed in the fall of 2008. John Thomas, Ph.D., Director, Clinical Research Laboratory of Microbial Pathology, will join a team of 12 of Britain’s finest researchers to conduct research on the molecular methods of preventing biofilms, which are a cause of cavities, gingivitis and tooth loss.
 Aina Puce, Ph.D., Director, WVU Center for Advanced Imaging, was named chairperson of the National Institutes of Health Cognition and Perception study section.
 Johns Hopkins University named George Spirou, Ph.D., Director, Center for Neurosciences, to their Society of Scholars. The Society of Scholars inducts previous postdoctoral fellows and junior or visiting faculty at Johns Hopkins who have gained marked distinction in their field of study. George Spirou, Ph.D., Director, WVU Center for Neurosciences was named chairperson of the National Institues of Health Auditory System study section.
.jpg) WVU researchers have discovered a gene mutation in ovarian cancer that may be helpful in identifying people at high risk of developing the disease. Dan Flynn, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, claims researchers believe patients could be tested for the mutation by a simple screening tool, such as, a swab swipe inside the mouth. The WVU School of Medicine and WVU Hospitals are jointly funding a $25 million plan to expand the clinical and research faculty in the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center.
 In the cover story of the February issue of Neurosurgery, Vincent J. Miele, M.D. and Julian E. Bailes, M.D., Professor & Chair, Department of Neurosurgery report that a computerized approach to counting punches at ringside identifies certain characteristics related to deaths in the boxing ring. |
