In the News

• Andrea Armstead, a 3rd year PhD student, was awarded a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in the Pharmaceutical Sciences in a national competition from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE), May 2012.

• Dr. Li received international recognitions of his dedication and achievements in research. Dr. Li has been awarded the Berton Rahn Prize from the AO Foundation for his study of interleukin-12 local delivery for infection prevention after a traumatic open fracture. This prize, which honors the best completed project funded by the AO Foundation, includes a monetary award and an invited presentation at the AO trustees meeting in Berlin in July 2011. The AO foundational is one of the best international orthopaedic foundations and is a medically guided international nonprofit foundation funding work on trauma and musculoskeletal surgery. This event is featured at WVU Research Highlights.




• Dr. Li gave an invited presentation at the Osteosynthesis and Trauma Care (OTC) Foundation’s Leadership Forum, June 2011, Madrid, Spain. The OTC Foundation promotes innovation and advancement in Osteosynthesis, Traumatology and Patient Care.

• Invited Editorial Board Member: Journal of Bioengineering & Biomedical Science, Recent Patents on Nanotechnology, and World Journal of Orthopaedics (2010-)
• Invited participant, AOTrauma Clinical Priority Program on Bone Infection Meeting, Boston, MA, July 2010

• Dr. Li's Graduate Students Go Global: Summer Research Tour in China
  
• Invited Speaker & Panelist @ Nanomedicine event:http://www.nvtc.org/events/geteventinfo.php?event=COOLT-3
  
• Invited NSF Panel Reviewer (Biomedical Engineering)
  
• Student Award: Therwa Hamza, PhD student, received the Best Graduate Student Poster Prize at the WVNano Research Symposium, Morgantown, WV, May 2009.
• R&D Magazine: Anti-infection tech is a two-part bioshield
• Researchers pioneer approach for combating infection: [West Virginia Journal of Science & Research]
• Our 09 Article in MRS Materials News - Nanoscale interleukin-12p70 coatings prevent open fracture associated infection: http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec.asp?CID=1920&DID=84063
  Also in Materials360: [MRS360]
• Our news in Nanotechnology Now: http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=33462
• Team Develops Anti-Infection Technology: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/553866/
• Novel anti-infection technology to help soldiers wounded during wars: http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/515280/cs/1/
• Infection Control Today: http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hotnews/anti-infection-technology.html
• Infectious Diseases: http://www.wikio.com/health/diseases/infectious_diseases
• Medical News Today: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/157171.php
• USA Today:http://content.usatoday.com/topics/article/Places,+Geography/Countries/Iraq/05o4cLX2ixdwF/2
• Nanotechnology News Today: http://nanotech.einnews.com/iraq/
• Nanotechnology: http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=12349
• Nanomaterials: http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=17879
• Newstin: http://www.newstin.com/rel/us/en-010-015775633
• Newswise: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/553866/?sc=rsla
• Life the Universe: http://universeeverything.blogspot.com/2009/07/team-develops-anti-infection-technology.html
• Breaking News: http://blog.taragana.com/n/novel-anti-infection-technology-to-help-soldiers-wounded-during-wars-99699/
• Newsero: http://www.newsero.com/841362?PHPSESSID=9d6931c8a076e6ccea3a6f1a2db0b4e8
• The Asian Age: http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:pRbT7S03rBUJ:www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/international/oz-navy-probes-sex-bet-allegations-deputy-pm.aspx+bingyun+Li&cd=47&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
• News Blaze: http://newsblaze.com/story/2009071005010400014.pnw/topstory.html
• HuntingtonNews in WV: http://www.huntingtonnews.net
• WVU RC: http://research.wvu.edu
• WVU Health News: http://health.wvu.edu/newsreleases/news-details.aspx?ID=1221
• One oral presentation (paper #395) in 2009 ORS Meeting at Las Vegas, NV, February 2009 
• One oral presentation (paper #208) in 2008 ORS Meeting at San Francisco, CA, March 2008
• DoE featured article: http://www.netl.doe.gov/publications/press/2007/070308-Sorbents.html
• DoE Fossile Energy Techline: http://www.fossil.energy.gov/news/techlines/2007/07013-FE_Science_Meets_Medicine.html 
• DoE Pulse: http://www.ornl.gov/info/news/pulse/pulse_v230_07.htm 
• Medical Daily: http://www.medicaldaily.net/mobile.asp?XDate=3/9/2007 
• Medical School Fact Sheets: http://medicalschoolfactsheet.com/2007/03/13/technology-netl-joins-forces-with-letter-of-intent-medical-school-medical-school-to-develop-co2/ 
• Nanotechnology Now: http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=21058 
• All American Patriots-U.S. News & Information: http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-21016.html 
• WVNano: http://wvnano.wvu.edu/ 
• Energy Voyager: http://www.energyvoyager.com/html.php/28/
• Most-Cited Articles: Li, et al. Biotechnol. Prog. 2006
• Int. J. Nanomed: http://www.dovepress.com/testimonials.php

2012

• Andrea Armstead, a 3rd year PhD student, was awarded a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in the Pharmaceutical Sciences in a national competition from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE), May 2012.
• Student Award: Christopher Arena (MD student) received the First Place MD Poster Prize at the Van Liere Research Day, Morgantown, WV, March 2012.
• Student Award: John Amoroso (MD student) received the Second Place MD Poster Prize at the Van Liere Research Day, Morgantown, WV, March 2012.

• Student Award: Danh Pham (MD student) received the Second Place MD Poster Prize at the Van Liere Research Day, Morgantown, WV, April 2011.

• Student Award: Steven Regal (MD student) received the First Place MD Poster Prize at the Van Liere Research Day, Morgantown, WV, April 2010.
• Andrea Armstead (PhD student): WVNano Gradaute Research Fellowship ($27,000/year; 08/2010 – 08/2012).
• Adly Noore (Pre-Med student): NASA EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Fellowship. 5/16/2010 – 5/15/2011.
• Adly Noore (Pre-Med student): WVNano SURE Fellowship, 6/1/2010 – 7/29/2010.

• Student Award: Therwa Hamza (PhD student) received the Best Graduate Student Poster Prize at the WVNano Research Symposium, Morgantown, WV, May 2009.
• Stephanie Knittle (undergraduate): WVNano SURE Fellowship, 6/8/2009 – 7/31/2009.
• Steven Regal (MD student): Van Liere Research Fellowship, 6/08/2009-7/31/2009.

• Elizabeth DeFusco (undergraduate): NASA EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Fellowship. 5/16/2008 – 5/15/2009.
• Stephanie Knittle (undergraduate): WVNano SURE Fellowship, 6/2/2008 – 7/25/2008.
• Elizabeth DeFusco (undergraduate): WVNano SURE Fellowship, 6/2/2008 – 7/25/2008.

• Heather Ogle (undergraduate): NASA EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Fellowship. 5/16/2007 – 5/15/2008.
• Michael Hagar (MD student): Van Liere Research Fellowship, 6/08/2007-7/31/2007.
• Brian Kellermeyer (MD student): Van Liere Research Fellowship, 6/08/2007-7/31/2007.
• Elizabeth DeFusco (undergraduate): WVNano SURE Fellowship, 6/2/2007 – 7/25/2007.

• Rajiv Bhattarai (undergraduate): Spurlock/McClung Research Fellowship. 5/30/2006 – 8/4/2006.

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