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Juliann Althoff, M.D., an Ohio native, has returned to Dayton to continue assisting in research and to oversee operations for the Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton (NAMRU-D). The organization's mission is to optimize the readiness, performance, and survivability of operational forces through environmental health effects, toxicology, and aerospace medical research and development. 
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Education

 

Mortality and morbidity conferences, which are departmental reviews of cases with less-than-ideal outcomes, have long been a part of medical education in nearly every specialty. They serve as a natural stage for the examination of systematic inequities in health care. 
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Research

 

In April 2021, a 4-year-old underwent a novel brain surgery at Dayton Children’s Hospital. With four catheters inserted through the little boy’s skull, the surgeon injected into his brain a fluid containing over 37 trillion viral particles, each containing DNA for a human gene, a first-of-its-kind experimental gene therapy for Canavan disease.
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Announcements

The American Medical Association national conference, ChangeMedEd, accepted a poster by Wright State researchers discussing a virtual symposium.
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ngozi F. Anachebe, Pharm.D, M.D., FACOG, to the position of Vice Dean for Educational Affairs at Boonshoft School of Medicine, effective October 18, 2021.

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Monday, December 11, 2023, 10 am to 2 pm
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Wright State researchers tapped for PTSD clinical trial work with veterans, emergency responders

Matt Sherwood, a research associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, will lead a clinical trial on the use of electroencephalogram transcranial magnetic stimulation to treat PTSD.

Wright State physiology and neuroscience students excel in NIH internship program

Wright State honors students Adeline Nshuti and Kelia McMichael presented their kidney-related research at a National Institutes of Health conference.

Wright State researcher Thomas L. Brown and co-principal investigators awarded $3.2 million grant for pregnancy research

Wright State pregnancy expert Thomas L. Brown is collaborating with two other researchers to determine whether manipulating a gene in the placenta can alter fetal growth and development.

Learn more about Wright State graduate programs at Nov. 2 open house

Future graduate students can learn more about Wright State University’s certificate, master’s and doctoral programs during the Graduate Programs Open House Nov. 2.