Wayne State University School of Medicine

09/12/2025

We had PERFECT late summer weather for our sixth "Walk with a Doc" event, hosted Monday by our School of Medicine's Assistant Dean of Professional Development and Coaching Teena Chopra, M.D., M.P.H., who spoke to this session's attendees about Seasonal Affective Disorder before taking a stroll around campus with 21 walkers, including junior and senior faculty, as well as medical students.

The goal of each Walk with a Doc is to provide medical students and younger faculty with assistance, mentorship and guidance from senior faculty in a relaxed setting. People of all ages, fitness levels and backgrounds are welcome to these free, ongoing events. Participants enjoy a healthy walk at their own pace while connecting with faculty.

Walk with a Doc is an international nonprofit organization started by a cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio, who invited 100 patients and community members to go for a walk with him in a local park. Since that successful day, the movement has spread around the globe.

09/11/2025

Last weekend, students from our chapter of the American Medical Association, partnered with Life Remodeled to join in a community walk and provide blood pressure screenings to community members at the nonprofit's Durfee Innovation Society in Detroit.

Thank you to Life Remodeled for inviting our students to help encourage health autonomy among participants!

09/10/2025

Here we go! celebrated the groundbreaking of the Health Sciences Research Building, which is slated for completion in spring 2028 at 545 E. Canfield Street in , directly across the street from our School of Medicine.

We can't wait to watch the building progress of this transformative, $200 million, 160,000-square-foot facility.

READ MORE: https://today.wayne.edu/news/2025/09/09/wayne-state-university-celebrates-groundbreaking-for-200-million-health-sciences-research-building-67144

09/10/2025

For individuals living with spinal cord injuries, there are currently no interventions showing strong improvements in blood pressure control without major side effects. The work of Dr. Gino Panza could change that.

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A trial led by Wayne State University interventionist Gino Panza, Ph.D., may prove that breathing mild lower oxygen air in a controlled environment has the potential to improve blood pressure control ...

09/08/2025

This tumor treatment breakthrough is "a dream come true" for scientist Dr. Gen Sheng Wu. ONC201, now renamed dordaviprone (ModeysoTM), was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 6 to treat a rare and aggressive brain cancer.
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For Gen Sheng Wu, Ph.D., professor of Oncology at the Wayne State University School of Medicine and a member of the Molecular Therapeutics Research Program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute...

09/05/2025

Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences Elizabeth Towner, Ph.D., who has been selected by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund to participate in the next cohort of The Collaboration Lab, a learning experience co-created with national nonprofit Healthy Places by Design to guide community leaders like Dr. Towner through a 10-month journey to create healthier communities through cross-sector collaboration.

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Wayne State University School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences Elizabeth Towner, Ph.D., has been selected by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund to particip...

09/04/2025

Q&A: Radhika Gogoi, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Oncology, wants the campus community to know that Women in Medicine and Science offers vital resources and support to everyone in academia.

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09/03/2025

RSVP today for the first NAAMA NextGen x Karmanos research forum happening Friday!

The Wayne State University School of Medicine chapter of the National Arab American Medical Association NextGen will host its first NAAMA x Karmanos Research Forum from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 5 in the M...

09/02/2025

Big thanks to Coach Ryan Kelly and the Wayne State University Baseball team for stopping by the Scott Hall as part of their fall welcome activities. Go Warriors!

08/27/2025

💚 🌎 💛 Seven second-year medical students and executive board members from School of Medicine's World Health Student Organization celebrated the end of first term earlier this summer with a week in Oaxaca, Mexico, immersing themselves in its unique culture and health care system.

They job-shadowed at various clinics and health care facilities, honed their Spanish skills through classes, and enjoyed visits to historical sites, cooking classes and even parades.

The organization is comprised of medical students whose goal is to gain rich medical and cultural experiences outside of their immediate communities, aiming to teach students clinical knowledge, facilitate collaboration with peers and other medical professionals and encourage engagement in dynamic learning environments. They also teach fellow students about global health through the organization at speaking engagements and seminars.

08/26/2025

Representatives from Michigan- and Ohio-based hospitals and health systems set up shop in our Scott Hall Cafeteria last week for the 2025 Hospital Summit Day, hosted by our Office of Student Affairs and Career Development!

The event gives our medical students the opportunity to learn more about the representatives' residency programs, which is the next step after earning their medical degree of course.

Thank you to all of the students and employers who attended!

08/26/2025

We couldn’t help getting in on all the Taylor & Travis fun! 🤩 🥰 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️