TI Spring Symposium to feature poster contest
The Taubman Institute invites you to attend its May 7 symposium, which will feature a keynote and Q&A with Dr. DiMarchi, as well as complementary talks by Michigan Medicine faculty. A scientific poster session with cash prizes, open to all U-M researchers, will precede the talks and be judged by Taubman Scholars. The Taubman Institute…
Richard DiMarchi to headline Taubman Institute Spring Symposium
The Taubman Institute Spring Symposium will feature keynote by Richard DiMarchi, a leader in obesity and diabetes drug development. The May 7 symposium also will include complementary talks by Michigan Medicine faculty members. A scientific poster session with cash prizes, open to all U-M researchers, will precede the talks and be judged by Taubman Scholars.…
TI and llamas liven up Researchpalooza
Taubman Institute staff highlighted one of the institute’s more eye-catching projects at U-M’s recent Researchpalooza expo, which showcases dozens of programs throughout Michigan Medicine. The TI booth focused on the Taubman Nanobody Initiative, whose investigators are exploring the novel properties of camelid animals such as llamas in order to generate novel nanobodies for therapeutic, diagnostic,…
Grand Rounds honor Taubman Scholar
The Frankel Cardiovascular Center has honored one of the founding Taubman Scholars with the establishment of the David J. Pinsky, MD Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds Visiting Professorship. Dr. Pinsky has been a member of the Taubman Institute community since its inception, and serves on the institute’s executive committee. He holds many leadership positions at Michigan…
Johann Gudjonsson elected to AAP
Taubman Institute Scholar Johann Gudjonsson, MD, PhD, has been elected to the American Association of Physicians. Dr. Gudjonsson is a dermatologist and leading researcher with a focus on autoimmune and inflammatory disorders affecting the skin. He was appointed as a Taubman Emerging Scholar in 2011, and as a Taubman Scholar in 2023. Founded in 1885,…
Taubman grantee receives “mini-Nobel” award
Congratulations go to U-M researcher Jun Hee Lee for receiving the 2024 Hanseong Science Award in Life Sciences from the Hanseong Son Jae-Han Scholarship Foundation. Dr. Lee received the award for his development of SeqScope, a revolutionary technology that allows comprehensive gene expression analysis within biological tissues using a single experiment. The Taubman Institute has…
New Taubman Emerging Scholar targets solutions to vision loss
The Taubman Institute has appointed a physician-researcher studying macular degeneration as the latest member of its Emerging Scholars Program. Thomas J. Wubben, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor at Michigan Medicine’s Kellogg Eye Center, where he cares for patients with diseases of the retina. Dr. Wubben is a translational-research ophthalmologist whose clinical specialization is in…
Dr. Simpa Salami named latest Emerging Scholar
A Michigan Medicine urologist seeking to improve early detection of prostate and kidney cancer is the newest Taubman Emerging Scholar. Simpa Salami, MD, MPH, has been named the Brian and Rosaline Chamberlain Emerging Scholar, and will receive a five-year financial grant as well as mentorship and other support from the Taubman Institute community. Dr. Salami’s…
Emerging Scholar Receives Mid-career Biosciences Faculty Achievement Recognition Award
Emerging Scholar, Sami Barmada, MD, PhD, is one of six U-M scientists and engineers receiving the Mid-career Biosciences Faculty Achievement Recognition Award, which recognizes exceptional mid-career faculty in the biosciences. Dr. Barmada is the Angela Dobson Welch and Lyndon Welch Research Professor and associate professor of neurology, and the institute’s Danto Family Foundation Emerging Scholar.…
Emerging Scholar Katherine Gallagher elected to National Academy of Medicine
Taubman Emerging Scholar Katherine A. Gallagher, MD, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the highest honorary society in the country for researchers in the fields of health and medicine. Dr. Gallagher, who received Taubman Institute funding for her early research into the mechanisms of impaired wound healing in patients with…