Dates for the fall 2019 Taubman Tech Talks have been set; please mark your calendars for these informative lectures and discussions. All talks will take place from 5-6pm at the Danto Auditorium in the Frankel CVC, with networking and refreshments to follow. Topics and speakers include: September 19 – Thursday, Olivia Walch, PhD – Math…
Organ transplants are lifesaving medical miracles for more than 30,000 people per year in the United States – but they come with potentially serious side effects. Drugs that suppress the immune system keep the body from rejecting the donated organ, but they also lower the patient’s ability to fight off infections. Immune suppression can increase…
Deciphering the biology of cancerous tumors is the passion of Sriram Venneti, MD, PhD, the latest recipient of a Taubman Institute research grant. Dr. Venneti, a neuropathologist and assistant professor at Michigan Medicine, has been appointed as the Julia Reyes Taubman Emerging Scholar. This scholarship was created in memory of Ms. Taubman — wife of…
John M. Carethers, MD, MACP, has begun his term as president of the Association of American Physicians (AAP). The association is a nonprofit, professional organization founded in 1885 for “the advancement of scientific and practical medicine.” The association is composed of members who are leading senior physician scientists and are competitively selected. Dr. Carethers is…
By learning how zebrafish regenerate their eye muscles, researchers could help figure out how to help humans do the same. University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center (link is external) researchers have published findings in PLOS One (link is external) on the role of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) in promoting extraocular muscle repair and regeneration in zebrafish. If the process…
Taubman Institute Innovation Projects: Understanding patient differences Why does disease develop and progress differently from person to person, and how can doctors adjust treatments accordingly? A new Taubman Institute grant program aims to help answer such questions by funding projects that will gather data and samples from U-M patients and, eventually, translate that knowledge…
Johann Gudjonsson, MD, PhD, has been selected to deliver the “Rising Star” lecture at the International Investigative Dermatology conference in May. Rising Star lectures celebrate the best of emerging dermatological science throughout the world; prominent young researchers engaged in high-impact science are invited to provide a short overview on their current work. Dr. Gudjonsson is the…
Taubman Institute Emerging Scholar Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD, recently was selected for a prestigious lectureship by the Rheumatology Research Foundation. Dr. Kahlenberg is a rheumatologist and assistant professor of internal medicine at U-M. In addition to caring for patients, she runs a research laboratory that specializes in the study of systemic lupus erythematosus, an autoimmune…
The 10th Annual Taubman Institute Symposium featured a tribute to the institute’s first decade and a keynote by Taubman Prize recipient and multiple sclerosis thought leader Stephen L. Hauser, MD.
