The Taubman Institute salutes Scholar Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD, one of four U-M physician-researchers inducted into the National Academy of Sciences class of 2020 on April 27. Dr. Chinnaiyan is the S.P. Hicks Endowed Professor of Pathology, Professor of Urology, Director of the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology in the Medical School, Howard Hughes Medical…
Marschall S. Runge, MD, PhD, Dean, University of Michigan Medical School, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, U-M and CEO, Michigan Medicine announced that Kathleen L. Collins, MD, PhD, has been appointed director of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) in the Medical School. She is a professor of microbiology and immunology and internal medicine…
By Ian Demsky Senior Writer, U-M Rogel Cancer Center How do a couple of universally expressed proteins in stem cells and developing embryos influence an individual cell’s ultimate fate — whether it ultimately becomes, for example, a retinal cell, a heart muscle cell, or a stomach lining cell? That’s the question that Rajesh C.…
The Taubman Institute will co-sponsor a new DNA sequencing project that aims to expand knowledge of the human genome and its role in disease. “Short Tandem Repeats in Precision Health and Human Disease” will be jointly supported by the institute and the Michigan Medicine Precision Health research initiative. The project is one of seven funded…
The 2019 Taubman Prize Symposium featured a keynote by prize recipient Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly, MD, of the University of Cambridge. Dr. O’Rahilly, an endocrinologist and researcher, spoke on “The Causes and Consequences of Human Obesity.” He accepted the award from Gayle Taubman Kalisman, PhD.
Their genius. Your generosity. The Taubman Institute extends its heartfelt appreciation to all of the donors who generously contributed to our Emerging Scholars on December 3, Giving Blueday. The laboratories of five researchers will receive your gifts in early January, helping them to further investigations into depression, autoimmune disorders, cancer, dementia and more. Thank you…
Improving outcomes for patients with aggressive brain tumors is the focus of the latest U-M faculty member to be named a Taubman Emerging Scholar. Daniel R. Wahl, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor in the department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Wahl and his research team believe that targeting metabolic abnormalities may be the key to…
Congratulations to Jayna Duell! Her entry was drawn from the nearly 400 entries at the Taubman Institute’s 2019 Researchpalooza booth on Thursday, August 15. Jayna won a Michigan Fan Package containing a Michigan water bottle, a Block M ice bucket, a Michigan rally towel, and a “Go Blue” bumper sticker. Other items in the package…
A physician-researcher studying life-threatening infections is the latest U-M faculty member to be named a Taubman Emerging Scholar. Scott Van Epps, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor in Emergency Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, and Macromolecular Science and Engineering. He also serves as an investigator for the Biointerfaces Institute and an associate director at the Michigan Center…
Taubman Emerging Scholar Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD, has been named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). by the White House. The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers and who show exceptional…