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Friday, May 30, 2008

Weldon School Integral Part of New Medical Institute

Leaders of Indiana and Purdue universities Thursday announced the creation of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI), a medical research initiative supported by a $25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that will combine the strengths of the universities, business and government to swiftly transform discoveries into better patient care and business opportunities.

“The Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering is a key, unique component of the Institute,” notes Dr. George Wodicka, head of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue.  “Our expertise in medical device design, prototyping, and development, including bionanotechnology approaches, combined with our proven track record in bringing effective products to market will be invaluable to the Institute.”

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) of $25 million to the IU School of Medicine, which will fund CTSI activities at IU and Purdue. A total of $56 million will be invested in the Indiana CTSI by IU and Purdue, the state of Indiana and Eli Lilly and Co., which is underwriting the cost of a senior faculty position for three years.

The CTSI will implement the NIH initiative in Indiana with new programs to accelerate translational research, train new translational researchers, interact with community health-care professionals and the public, build research resources and technologies, and leverage Hoosier resources with health care, business, government and foundation partnerships.

The Indiana CTSI’s statewide collaboration involves university scientists in Indianapolis, Lafayette and Bloomington. However, the initiative also includes community partners such as Clarian Health, Eli Lilly and Co., BioCrossroads, Cook Group, Roche, WellPoint, the Indiana Economic Development Corp., the Indiana Department of Health and the Marion County Health Department.

Anantha Shekhar, M.D., Ph.D., professor of psychiatry at IU School of Medicine and IU assistant vice president for life sciences, has been named director of the Indiana CTSI. Connie Weaver, Ph.D., head of the Department of Foods and Nutrition at Purdue, has been named deputy director of the CTSI at Purdue. Bennett Bertenthal, Ph.D., dean of the IU College of Arts and Sciences, has been named deputy director for the IU Bloomington campus.

Friday, June 29, 2007

Weldon At IHIF Innovention 07

The start of the week found representatives from the Weldon School attending the Indiana Health Industry Forum’s Innovention 07 conference.  From Dr. Wodicka’s participation in a panel to a number of student papers, we were well represented at the event.  A bit of good news will be coming up this Monday…

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Virginia Tech SBES

Our sympathies, condolences, and thoughts go to the Virginia Tech/Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences.  Please keep them and the Virginia Tech family in your thoughts. 

Monday, April 16, 2007

Virginia Tech

The faculty, staff, and students of Virginia Tech are in our thoughts, now and in the days ahead, as they cope with the barbaric atrocity of this morning. 

Friday, April 13, 2007

A Sign To Sell?

This is not a biomedical story, but it does relate to start-ups, companies, and is something a bit lighter for a Friday.  So, go enjoy the Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire blog and a report on a key indicator of when to sell shares. 

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Why, Yes, We Did

Have a blizzard. 

Classes and normal operations have resumed, along with hauling off a lot of snow. 

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Missing Student: Your Help Continues To Be Needed

The search for missing National Merit Scholar Wade Steffey continues and volunteers are needed.  IN Hope has set up a volunteer center for searchers and others involved across from Ross-Ade Stadium.  For information on the center and future searches, call (765) 496-2289.  If you have any information about the case, think you have seen him, or find a silver Verizon cell phone, please call the Purdue Police Department at (765) 494-8221 or the anonymous tip line at (765) 496-3784. 

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Missing Student: Your Help Needed

Police are requesting the help of the public in locating a missing Purdue University Student.  If you have any information on the whereabouts of Wade Steffey, please contact law enforcement per the news release.  Also, as you are traveling around campus and are moving through buildings, please keep an eye out for anything that could provide a clue to his location. 

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Avian Flu & Ebola In The News

Even as reports of human-to-human spread of the HN51 Avian flu are being examined, authorities are also investigating a possible case of viral hemoragic fever in a woman who became ill on a flight to London.  The passenger became extremely ill on the flight, was rushed to a nearby hospital upon landing, and later died.  The large amount of air travel around the world has long concerned those tasked with preparing for public health crises, since even relatively innocuous diseases such as mumps can be spread through air travel as demonstrated in the spread of the Iowa mumps outbreak earlier this year. 

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Have You Heard The One About The Travelling Defibrillator Salesman?

Except that it is no joke.  Two nurses and a defibrillator salesman used an AED to save a woman’s life.  Fox has the story. 

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