Wayne State University School of Medicine

06/01/2026

Nasrin Movahhedin, pictured center, is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Cancer Biology Graduate Program here at Wayne State University!

“I feel very honored and grateful to receive this recognition. It is very meaningful to have my work acknowledged, especially because this project represents several years of effort, collaboration and support from my mentors and colleagues,” Movahhedin said. “I am especially thankful to Dr. Nerissa Viola and Dr. Stephan Patrick for their mentorship and guidance throughout this work.”

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Nasrin Movahhedin, a fourth-year doctoral student in the Cancer Biology Graduate Program at the Wayne State University School of Medicine and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, has earned presenta...

05/30/2026

Wayne State University medical student Mohamed El-Souri traveled to Capitol Hill to help represent the state of Michigan at the American College of Physicians’ Leadership Day held May 12-13 in Washington, D.C.

The Wayne State University School of Medicine’s Mohamed El-Souri was the sole medical student to represent the state of Michigan at the American College of Physicians’ Leadership Day, a two-day ad...

05/29/2026

The researchers are working to eventually find methods to save the photoreceptors in the center of the retina for children with Cone Dystrophy with a Supernormal Rod Response, a rare inherited disorder that causes irreversible loss of central vision and blindness.

A Wayne State University School of Medicine researcher and his University of Iowa collaborator were awarded a two-year, $440,263 R21 grant by the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of H...

05/27/2026

Today we're congratulating Ph.D. student Jude Nnaka on his acceptance into a competitive workshop at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where he will spend June 25-July 16 on the north shore of Long Island, New York, receiving intensive training from national and international experts on the topic of Drosophila Neurobiology: Genes, Circuits and Behavior. READ MORE at today.wayne.edu/medicine/news/2026/05/21/school-of-medicine-phd-student-earns-spot-in-elite-cold-spring-harbor-laboratory-workshop-on-fruit-fly-neurobiology-69127

05/27/2026

Researchers from the lab of principal investigator Dr. Tomomi Ichinose, pictured center, have identified a new neural network signaling mechanism in the retina that is critical to identifying objects in front of the eye, a discovery that could change the way scientists have thought about the retina for the last 50 years.

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05/21/2026

Medical student David Abdulnour won first place in his category at this year's Medical Student Research Symposium. Forty faculty members volunteered as judges to review 115 poster abstracts submitted to eight categories: basic science, clinical research, women’s health, medical education, public health, business in medicine, community engagement and global health.

(Click here for more photos) The Wayne State University School of Medicine’s Office of Medical Student Research Programs hosted its annual Medical Student Research Symposium in Scott Hall earlier...

05/21/2026

Deborah Ellis, Ph.D., is a pediatric psychologist by training who joined the Wayne State University School of Medicine faculty in 1995.

Her research focuses on developing behavioral interventions to improve health outcomes among adolescents with chronic medical conditions such as type 1 diabetes. Her work also focuses on developing culturally-competent interventions for youth of color and their families.

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Deborah Ellis, Ph.D. a professor of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, has been elected a fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Researc...

05/20/2026

The outcome of a transformative reconstructive surgery performed by Wayne State University School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Surgery and Wayne Health physician Andrea Sisti, M.D., has given his patient, Russell C., the opportunity to interact with others without the immediate barrier of disfigurement.

Until meeting Dr. Sisti, Russell lived with a massive keloid that grew to weigh 3.3 pounds over 15 years. It extended from ear to ear, including the bilateral jaw and entire neck, interfering with the patient’s essential daily activities.

Visit 🔗 bit.ly/4djn7S9 to see before and after photos and learn what techniques Dr. Sisti used.

05/18/2026

Meet Afoluso Olayonwa, M.D., a Ph.D. student and graduate research assistant at our Wayne State University School of Medicine recognized by the American Physiology Society for outstanding research!

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Afoluso Olayonwa, M.D., received the Central Nervous System Research Recognition Award from the American Physiology Society for outstanding research. A doctoral student and graduate resear...

05/15/2026

The Women in Medicine and Science group at Wayne State University and the School of Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine co-hosted the the Gloria J. Kuhn, D.O., Ph.D., Memorial Endowed Lecture earlier this year as part of the organization's annual meet-and-greet event.

The half-day meeting held March 10 featured Nancy Spector, M.D., the executive director of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine, the Executive Leadership in Health Care program and the Lynn Yeakel Institute for Women's Health and Leadership, who presented "Reimagining Leadership in Academic Medicine in Times of Uncertainty.”

The Women in Medicine and Science group aims to advance women at all career levels within academic medicine and science by addressing gender equity, recruitment and retention, awards and recognition, work-life balance and career advancement. WIMS hosts events open to all interested men and women faculty, staff and students within academic medicine and science.

For information, visit https://www.med.wayne.edu/wims.