A first-of-a-kind study by Wake Forest researchers will address why long distance runners, particularly women, are more likely than athletes in other sports to develop osteoporosis later in life.Categories: Athletics, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
A new, rigorous Interdisciplinary Humanities Pathway to Medicine Program offers guaranteed admission to Wake Forest Medical School for up to five undergraduates majoring in the humanities or fine arts.
Medical advances in biotechnology seem to be coming faster than the public can understand them or even discuss how society should handle ethical, legal and moral considerations. To spark the national conversation, Wake Forest has partnered with Baylor to host “After the Genome: The Language of our Biotechnological Future” April 12-13. Categories: Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
A new study by health and exercise science professor Jeff Katula, economist Michael Lawlor and a team of Wake Forest researchers shows promise for effective lower-cost diabetes prevention programs. The results appear online in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest senior Roman Nelson co-authored a study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center that was published in the Journal of American College of Radiology.Categories: Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The undergraduate and graduate students in Comm 370 spent the spring semester pondering a bioethics case study surrounding organ transplants and patient selection while also enhancing their communications skills by learning how to perform the material as a radio play.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Grace Wandell first dreamed of becoming an international representative when she was 7 years old. Her aspiration has come true. As a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, she will head to Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, this fall to earn a Masters Degree in Global Health.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
Nanomedicine, nanogreen and nanomaterials — Wake Forest University's Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials is a leader in North Carolina's growing nanoindustry and an emerging revolution. 
Professor Jack Rejeski finds that weight loss and exercise for older adults with type 2 diabetes will help prevent them from becoming physically disabled. The research makes the case for patients to not rely solely on support and education.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Two School of Medicine students used role playing to illustrate the health disparities of rural residents and won the first Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity Bowl. The competition encouraged collaboration among fields of study as a way to solve complex health disparity problems.
Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements